Plus, 2025 Look-Ahead on AI Trends.

Featured links

• ChinAI #280
• Vox
• 2025 Look-Ahead — What historical node are we at in AI development?
• ChinAI #296
• MiniMax-01 paper
• Jeff on Wolf Blitzer’s CNN show
• AI Generated Fake News is Taking Over my Family Group Chat
• Helen Toner’s thread of good DeepSeek takes
• Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

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The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.

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First published:
February 3rd, 2025

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-298-mistaken-assumptions-in

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