Shelly Palmer has been named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” and writes a popular daily business blog.
This Week's Most Interesting Stories
The AI community is abuzz over DeepSeek V3 and DeepSeek R1, with much of the conversation fixated on their allegedly low-cost training methods and reduced compute requirements. Are they using revolutionary algorithmic breakthroughs? Is this a clever marketing stunt? Or, as skeptics suggest, is DeepSeek just another "too good to be true" moment in AI development? All of these questions may be missing the point. Let's review.
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OpenAI has unveiled a new AI-powered research assistant, Deep Research, designed to help users conduct complex, in-depth inquiries using ChatGPT. This feature – aimed at knowledge workers in finance, science, policy, and engineering – is intended to provide a more rigorous and verifiable research experience, far beyond the chatbot’s usual quick summaries.
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Researchers from Stanford and the University of Washington have trained an AI “reasoning” model for less than $50 in cloud compute credits. Their model, s1, rivals OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1 in math and coding benchmarks, raising serious questions about AI commoditization.
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The Authors Guild has introduced a "Human Authored Certification", a new designation that guarantees books were written only by humans—not artificial intelligence. But does this really matter? And how close is AI to writing just like us?
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The new Alexa integrates AI technology from Anthropic, an AI startup in which Amazon has invested $8 billion. Despite delays due to concerns over response accuracy and speed, Amazon expects the AI-powered assistant to enhance daily tasks, from scheduling to shopping. Analysts at Bank of America estimate that if just 10% of active Alexa users subscribe at $5 per month, the service could generate $600 million annually.
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Google is doubling down on AI-powered search. During yesterday's earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai outlined Google’s plans to transform Search into an AI-driven assistant, expanding beyond traditional query-based results.
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Anthropic, the AI research company behind the Claude family of LLMs, has launched a public test of its new Constitutional Classifier, a system designed to block jailbreaks that circumvent content restrictions. The test follows an extensive internal bug bounty program, where 183 security researchers spent more than 3,000 hours attempting to bypass the system—with limited success.
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About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.
