They also suggested GPT-4.1 might be the base for the next generation reasoner, o4, expected to release soon. GPT-4.1 is significantly stronger than GPT-4o. On the GPQA benchmark, GPT-4.1 scores substantially higher (+18 pts).
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US Manhattan Project for AI as China Releases Free Open Source Models
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Les États-Unis parlent d’un nouveau projet Manhattan.
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 16 juin 2025
Trump, Musk, Altman et le PDG de Nvidia en tournée au Moyen-Orient : pas pour du pétrole, mais pour de l’énergie IA.
Pendant ce temps, la Chine publie des modèles open source capables de rivaliser… gratuitement.… pic.twitter.com/ts9ekBVdn6Les États-Unis parlent d’un nouveau projet Manhattan. Trump, Musk, Altman et le PDG de Nvidia en tournée au Moyen-Orient : pas pour du pétrole, mais pour de l’énergie IA. Pendant ce temps, la Chine publie des modèles open source capables de rivaliser… gratuitement.
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Meta’s Scale Acquisition Raises Concerns for AI Giants
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Definitely saw this coming… I talked about it pretty extensively in my most recent news video. Why would Google, OpenAI, xAI, etc. continue to work with Scale, knowing it's basically owned by Meta now? Deal seemed great for Alexander Wang but definitely not great for the
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Almost a Googler at Google Cloud Summit Milano
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Meta’s World Model and Robotics Funding Boom Today
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Top stories in robotics today: – Meta's ‘world model’ for robotics – Skild hits $4.5B with tech giants' backing – Gecko Robotics tops $1.25B for inspection bots – China’s RoboBrain 2.0 for smarter robots
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Ad Industry Debates AI Investment Strategy at Cannes
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In my first freelance story for @nytimes
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Tencent Releases Hunyuan 3D 2.1 Open-Source 3D Asset Generator
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Tencent released Hunyuan 3D 2.1, an open-source model for generating 3D assets, including PBR materials
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 16 juin 2025
It can synthesize objects with cinematic textures and realism while covering their light interactions
Fully open-source with model weights and codepic.twitter.com/Cg2DZMRxX1Tencent released Hunyuan 3D 2.1, an open-source model for generating 3D assets, including PBR materials It can synthesize objects with cinematic textures and realism while covering their light interactions Fully open-source with model weights and code
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China’s Tencent Launches 3D Asset AI Generator with Cinematic Quality
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AI NEWS: China's Tencent just dropped an AI that generates 3D assets with cinematic quality. Plus, more news from OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Flowstep, The Alan Turing Institute, and Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence. Here's everything you need to know:
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MANGO: The Five Dominant AI and Tech Giants of 2026
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it changed to MANGO: Meta
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Elon Musk and Tech Oligarchy: Libertarian Political Risk
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If you are a libertarian and believe that companies should largely have autonomy and you supported Donald Trump, congratulations, you just got Musked. Same thing happened to many oligarchs under Putin. Sorry you didn’t figure it out.