Last Week in AI #195 - OpenAI o3 & for-profit, DeepSeek-V3, Latent Space
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Jan 5, 2025 OpenAI unveils exciting advancements in its O3 model, significantly boosting reasoning capabilities. Meanwhile, tensions simmer between Microsoft and OpenAI over their partnership as the latter shifts to a for-profit model. Chinese firms like DeepSeek are making waves with their impressive open-source AI models, showcasing innovation in performance. Sakana AI adds curiosity-driven exploration to the mix by applying AI in the search for artificial life, hinting at the limitless possibilities ahead in the realm of artificial intelligence.
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Podcast Updates
- Andrey Kurenkov's injury won't impact his commitment to the podcast.
- An editor will ensure timely episode releases and a Discord server will foster discussions.
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- O3 significantly improved reasoning benchmarks and surprised with autonomous hacks.
- OpenAI's for-profit shift and open-source models' rise are key discussion topics.
O3 Model Advancements
- OpenAI's O3 model shows significant improvements in reasoning benchmarks, including a substantial jump on Frontier Math.
- The model's high performance on Arc EGI, achieved with considerable compute resources, sparks debate about AGI.