Last Week in AI #204 - OpenAI Audio, Rubin GPUs, MCP, Zochi
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Mar 24, 2025 Exciting advancements in AI are on the agenda! Baidu has launched new multimodal models, aiming to rival Western counterparts. OpenAI showcases audio models that make AI sound remarkably human, while their costly O1 Pro aims for profitability. Nvidia's upcoming GPUs promise to transform performance, and Apple reveals significant updates to its Mac Studio. Increasing travel restrictions for DeepSeek employees suggest a heightened urgency in AI competition. Plus, Tencent's chip acquisitions indicate a booming demand for advanced AI technology!
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Baidu's Competitive AI Models
- Baidu launched Ernie 4.5, a multimodal model competitive with GPT-4.5.
- Ernie X1, their reasoning model, rivals DeepSeek R1 at half the price.
Baidu's AI Integration Strategy
- Baidu aims to integrate Ernie 4.5 and X1 into its product ecosystem, including Baidu Search.
- Ernie models offer significantly lower pricing per token compared to GPT-4.5.
OpenAI Expands into Audio
- OpenAI released two new speech-to-text models, GPT-4 Transcribe and GPT-4 Mini Transcribe.
- They also launched a text-to-speech model, GPT-4 Mini TTS, and a demo site, OpenAI.fm.
