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AI ‘Godmother’ Calls For Spatial Intelligence Dr. Fei-Fei Li, often called the “godmother of AI,” is calling for a new generation of spatially intelligent systems that understand the physics and structure of the real world. In a new essay, she argues that the next frontier isn’t more data or

OpenAI Calls For Superintelligence Safety OpenAI outlined a path to prepare for systems that can make meaningful scientific discoveries within three years and potentially much larger breakthroughs by 2028. The company argues that current models already rival top humans on complex intellectual tasks and that falling “intelligence costs” could unlock

OpenAI Walks Back “Backstop” Talk While Enterprise Adoption Surges What’s Happening: After CFO Sarah Friar referenced a federal “backstop” at WSJ Tech Live, OpenAI clarified it does not seek bailouts for private firms. Hmmm. Sam Altman said the market should decide outcomes, not guarantees, while reporting 1M enterprise customers

Gemini To Handle Siri Overhaul 📌 What’s Happening: After years of internal setbacks, Apple has reportedly struck a $1B annual deal to integrate Google’s Gemini model into a redesigned version of Siri. According to Bloomberg, the custom 1.2 trillion parameter version of Gemini will power Siri’s summarization,

OpenAI’s $38B AWS Deal Expands Its Compute Alliance 📌 What’s Happening: OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38B agreement with Amazon Web Services, marking its largest diversification from Microsoft’s infrastructure to date. The deal gives OpenAI access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs across AWS’s global network,

Altman To Naysayers: 'Short Us!' What’s Happening: After OpenAI’s restructuring into a dual organization - the OpenAI Foundation (nonprofit parent) and OpenAI Group PBC (for-profit arm) - CEO Sam Altman is putting on a show of confidence. In a fiery podcast appearance, he brushed off concerns

Claude Shows Early Signs Of Self-Awareness What’s Happening: Anthropic researchers report that Claude models sometimes recognize when artificial concepts are injected into their reasoning process indicating early introspective capabilities. Claude correctly identified manipulated ideas roughly 20 % of the time and could distinguish between “thoughts” it generated and ones inserted

OpenAI Expands Robotics Research Toward AGI What’s Happening: OpenAI is ramping up its robotics division, signaling a renewed push to connect artificial intelligence with physical embodiment. The company has begun hiring roboticists, control theorists, and simulation experts to build systems that can interpret the physical world through touch, movement,

OpenAI Restructures For Profit And Clears Path To IPO What’s Happening: OpenAI officially transformed into a for-profit public benefit corporation, ending its nonprofit roots and positioning for an IPO. The OpenAI Foundation retains a 26–27% stake and board control, while Microsoft holds 27% and extended IP rights through

Grokipedia Launches AI-Native Encyclopedia xAI released Grokipedia, intended as an AI-first alternative to Wikipedia. The initial version looks and reads strikingly similar to Wikipedia, with many entries adapted directly and editing largely disabled. “Fact-checking” leans on Grok rather than human editors, and the site labels itself v0.1. Despite the