[On] January 20th, China’s open-weights frontier AI laboratory, DeepSeek AI, released their first full fledged reasoning model.
… This is a major transition point in the uncertainty in reasoning model research. Until now, reasoning models have been a major area of industrial research without a clear seminal paper. Before language models took off, we had the likes of the GPT-2 paper for pretraining or InstructGPT (and Anthropic’s whitepapers) for post-training. For reasoning, we were staring at potentially misleading blog posts. Reasoning research and progress is now locked in — expect huge amounts of progress in 2025 and more of it in the open.
This again confirms that new technical recipes normally aren’t moats — the motivation of a proof of concept or leaks normally get the knowledge out. — Read More
Daily Archives: January 30, 2025
Writers vs. AI: Microsoft Study Reveals How GPT-4 Impacts Creativity and Voice
Rather than fear AI, writers should learn how to use them properly. While this tech is transforming many sectors, and creative writing is no exception, it boils down to how unique a written content.
To this end, the Microsoft research team joined hands with the University of Southern California to experiment on whether generative AI boosts or weakens a writer’s uniqueness.
The study, titled “It Was 80% Me, 20% AI”, included 19 fiction writers, 30 readers, and AI-generated suggestions using OpenAI’s GPT-4. … Lead researcher Angel Hsing-Chi Hwang explained that for an author or writer, the value of someone’s work is what it means to be authentic. In this regard, co-writing with AI might destroy this purpose. — Read More
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov, hoping to further government ties
OpenAI has announced a new more tailored version of ChatGPT called ChatGPT Gov, a service that the company said is meant to accelerate government use of the tool for non-public sensitive data.
In an announcement Tuesday, the company said that ChatGPT Gov, which can run in the Microsoft Azure commercial cloud or Azure Government cloud, will give federal agencies increased ability to use OpenAI frontier models. The product is also supposed to make it easier for agencies to follow certain cybersecurity and compliance requirements, while exploring potential applications of the technology, the announcement said.
Through ChatGPT Gov, federal agencies can use GPT-4o, along with a series of other OpenAI tools, and build custom search and chat systems developed by agencies. — Read More
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