Here’s a recap of everything we launched this week — Gemini 2.5 Deep Think is now available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the @GeminiApp — Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast are in preview for developers in the Gemini API and generally available for enterprise customers on
BIG TECH
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GPT-4.5 Orion Disappoints: Data Scarcity Limits Progress
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The Information about GPT-4.5/5 and more: the tl;dr GPT-4.5 (“Orion”)
Originally developed as Orion and planned as GPT-5.
Performance disappointing: no major leaps forward compared to GPT-4o.
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Stargate Norway: 100K NVIDIA GPUs Sovereign European AI Infrastructure
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Stargate Norway is the first of its kind: 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs and 100% renewable energy powering sovereign AI infrastructure for Europe. Built with @OpenAI
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Anthropic Research on AI Alignment and Personality Control
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This is more neat research from Anthropic, providing a lot of ways for careful organizations to shape the personality and guardrails of AI in deeper ways than prompts, including measuring and reducing sycophancy. Also the idea of an "evil vector" is interesting in and of itself.
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GPT-5 API Access Claims and OpenAI Livestream Speculation
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Some people believe that they have access to GPT-5 via API. Either OpenAI will announce a livestream in the next 20 minutes or we won't see a release today after all.
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Google Launches Gemini 2.5 Deep Think for Advanced Problem Solving
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Gemini 2.5 Deep Think is rolling out to Google AI Ultra subscribers! It uses advances in parallel reasoning & RL to tackle tough math & science problems. Awesome feeling to have IMO medal capabilities at your fingertips! Such a good model! https://
blog.google/products/gemin
i/gemini-2-5-deep-think/
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Tech news roundup: AI job risks, SpaceX labor concerns, TikTok fact-checking
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Top stories in tech today: – Microsoft’s AI job risk list
– SpaceX under fire for worker conditions
– The Boring Company digs in Nashville – TikTok crowdsources its fact-checking
– Quick hits on other major tech news Read more: https://
tech.therundown.ai/p/ai-is-gunnin
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Google Releases Gemini 2.5 Deep Think to AI Ultra Subscribers
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Today, we’re making Gemini 2.5 Deep Think available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the @GeminiApp Gemini 2.5 Deep Think is a variation of the model that achieved the gold-medal standard at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). Deep Think uses parallel
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OpenAI Raises $8.3B at $300B Valuation
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OpenAI's $300b valuation and $8.3b invention round: the tl;dr – Funding round: OpenAI has raised $8.3 billion in its latest round of financing. Valuation: The company is now valued at $300 billion. – Investors:
Lead investor: Dragoneer Investment Group with $2.8 billion
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