TODAY'S AI NEWS: Amazon is reportedly working on a "hybrid reasoning" model to take on AI bigwigs Plus, more news from Cohere, OpenAI, ASLP Labs, Cortical Labs, and Coreweave Here's everything you need to know:
BIG TECH
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TikTok bid highlights user data ownership and platform accountability
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Beyond the big news of the bid to buy TikTok, it's interesting to see Alexis show upfront support for key things people have asked platforms to provide for *years*: To let users own their data
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AI Infrastructure Central to Trump’s Tariffs and Trade War Strategy
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I’ve long argued that AI is about hard POWER. Now, AI infrastructure is at the heart of tariffs & the global trade war.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 5 mars 2025
It is ESSENTIAL to understanding Trump’s AI, industrial policy & tariffs stance in this context:
Addressing Congress tonight, Trump claims the U.S. has seen… pic.twitter.com/lQu0Va9qUUI’ve long argued that AI is about hard POWER. Now, AI infrastructure is at the heart of tariffs & the global trade war. It is ESSENTIAL to understanding Trump’s AI, industrial policy & tariffs stance in this context: Addressing Congress tonight, Trump claims the U.S. has seen
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Musk’s DOGE Claims Transparency While Hiding Spending Details
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“Although Musk has described DOGE as ‘maximum transparent,’ it has not made its spending or salary ranges publicly available.” “Funding for DOGE had grown to around $40 million as of February 20, according to a recent ProPublica report.”
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Amazon’s Ad Revenue Breakthrough: A Big Tech Monetization Milestone
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Reminds me of when Amazon first broke out its ad revenue a few years ago and it was a huge deal.
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OpenAI breakthrough: personal fulfillment beyond technical achievement
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very proud of the openai team for what is perhaps the most impressive scientific/technical breakthrough of recent decades thought that was the thing i'd always be most proud of in life turns out i am now more proud of a preemie baby for learning how to eat on his own!
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AWS Forms New Group Focused on Agentic AI
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Amazon's AWS forms new group focused on #AgenticAI https://
reuters.com/technology/art
ificial-intelligence/amazons-aws-forms-new-group-focused-agentic-ai-2025-03-04/
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OpenAI Rolls Out GPT-4.5 to Plus Tier Users
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we are likely going to roll out GPT-4.5 to the plus tier over a few days. there is no perfect way to do this; we wanted to do it for everyone tomorrow, but it would have meant we had to launch with a very low rate limit. we think people are gonna use this a lot and love it.
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Google Engineers Drive Innovation on World Engineering Day
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Today, on World Engineering Day, we recognize engineers everywhere who bring research, ideas, and innovation to life. At Google, we're proud to have and collaborate with engineers who transform discoveries into groundbreaking breakthroughs.
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Amazon developing Nova reasoning model
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Amazon is developing a reasoning model called Nova, which is expected to launch around June.