The U.S. faces two distinct talent problems: 1) Chinese AI researchers training in the U.S. are returning to China at high rates; and 2) China’s domestic AI talent pipeline is increasingly contributing to frontier models without any U.S. training. (3/4)
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Policy brief on DeepSeek AI talent base for U.S. policymakers
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U.S. policymakers must tackle both problems, as noted by the authors in last year’s policy brief published by @HooverInst
’s Technology Policy Accelerator and @StanfordHAI
. (4/4) Read their recommendations here: https://
hai.stanford.edu/policy/policy-
implications-of-deepseek-ai-talent-base
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DeepSeek V4 signals China’s competitive AI research talent pipeline
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When DeepSeek released its V4 model in late April, it received mixed reviews. But when viewed from a talent perspective, it acts as another clear signal that China’s domestically grown AI research pipeline is highly competitive. (1/4)
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New data shows US AI talent advantage no longer permanent
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One year after their 1st white paper analyzing DeepSeek’s talent base, HAI senior fellow @AmyZegart and @HooverInst
's Emerson Johnston publish new data that shows even more clearly that the U.S. can no longer assume a permanent AI talent advantage. (2/4) https://
hoover.org/research/updat
e-deepseek-ai-and-the-great-talent-competition
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Future brief access to top AI models for everyone
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In the future everyone will have access to the SOTA models for five minutes.
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Apps & Agents for Good Hackathon at DataAISummit using Databricks and OpenAI
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Builders are gathering for the Apps & Agents for Good Hackathon at #DataAISummit! Using Lakebase, Agent Bricks, Databricks Apps, and @OpenAI
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AI agent turns influencer marketing into one-person operation
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Here's the bigger picture. The whole operational layer of influencer marketing (screening, outreach, negotiation, tracking) just became a 24/7 AI agent. One person can now launch what used to take a team. That's how I plan to grow http://
AlignedNews.com, and AhaCreator 3.0 is -
Scobleizer tests AI influencer platform for new AlignedNews venture
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I'm building something new: http://
AlignedNews.com/ai, my next venture in AI news. So when @_ahacreator asked me to test their 3.0 influencer marketing platform, I gave it a real job. I pasted one link, http://
AlignedNews.com, and watched its AI build the entire influencer -
Stanford HAI director Fei-Fei Li featured on FastCompany cover explaining world models
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HAI Founding Director @drfeifei is featured on @FastCompany
's cover, explaining "world models" – AI that understand physical space and real-world dynamics. Rooted in human-centered philosophy, she explains what makes it different and what's at stake: -
Google to add controls for personal AI
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Google is working on new controls for personal intelligence, allowing users to manage what Gemini learns about them. Managed intelligence