OpenAI pronounces new o3 mannequin — however you’ll be able to’t use it but


Welcome again to Week in Evaluation. This week, we’re OpenAI’s final — and largest — announcement from its “12 Days of OpenAI” occasion; Apple’s potential entrance into the foldable market; and why Databricks is selecting to attend to go public. Let’s get into it.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced the successors to its o1 reasoning mannequin household: o3 and o3-mini. Whereas the fashions should not broadly out there but, security researchers can join a preview. The reveal marks the top of the corporate’s “12 Days of OpenAI” occasion, which noticed bulletins for real-time imaginative and prescient capabilities, ChatGPT Search, and even a Santa voice for ChatGPT. You possibly can compensate for every little thing you missed right here. 

The Ray-Ban Meta sensible glasses obtained an enormous improve this week. Members of Meta’s early-access program can now obtain firmware v11, which provides “stay AI.” The characteristic lets wearers repeatedly converse with Meta AI to reference issues they mentioned earlier within the dialog — and it really works with real-time video. Reside translation between English and Spanish, French, or Italian, in addition to performance with Shazam are additionally included in v11.

UnitedHealth’s Optum left an AI chatbot, utilized by workers to ask questions on claims, uncovered to the web — and anybody might entry it with an online browser. Whereas the chatbot didn’t seem to include or produce delicate private or protected well being info, its inadvertent publicity comes at a time when its mother or father firm faces scrutiny for its use of AI instruments and algorithms to allegedly override medical doctors’ medical choices and deny affected person claims.


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Oura nabs $200M: The sensible ring maker closed a $200 million Collection D funding spherical, bringing the corporate’s valuation to $5.2 billion. Oura says the money will assist the corporate broaden its product choices and additional put money into product, science, AI, and extra. Learn extra

Now you can name ChatGPT from a landline: In an effort to make ChatGPT accessible to as many individuals as doable, OpenAI introduced a 1-800 quantity to name the chatbot — even from a landline or a flip telephone. Customers can name 1-800-CHATGPT, and the AI assistant will reply by way of the telephone. Learn extra

Tesla tries to spice up Mannequin S gross sales: After abandoning its free Supercharging for all times provide in 2018, Tesla is bringing it again for some Tesla Mannequin S vehicles on the finish of the 12 months. Nevertheless it’s vital to notice that Tesla additionally simply elevated the worth for the Mannequin S by $5,000. Learn extra

Google needs to tackle Sora: Google DeepMind introduced Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI. Veo 2 can create two-minute-plus clips in resolutions as much as 4k. That’s 4x the decision — and over 6x the period — that OpenAI’s Sora can obtain. Learn extra

Apple eyes the foldable market: Apple is aiming to launch two foldable units within the subsequent few years, in accordance with a report from The Wall Road Journal. One other report from Bloomberg, nonetheless, claims the corporate’s focus is on an enormous, foldable iPad. Learn extra

Bob Lee verdict: A San Francisco jury discovered Nima Momeni responsible of second-degree homicide within the deadly 2023 stabbing of Bob Lee, the Money App creator and former CTO of Block. The jurors determined Lee’s homicide was not premeditated and located Momeni not responsible of first-degree homicide. Learn extra

Perplexity acquires Carbon: Perplexity acquired Carbon, a small startup specializing in connecting AI programs to exterior knowledge sources. The corporate says Perplexity will quickly be capable of search by way of your recordsdata and work messages in Notion, Google Docs, or Slack someday in early 2025. Learn extra

Temu remains to be on high: Temu was as soon as once more probably the most downloaded free app within the U.S., in accordance with Apple’s listing of high apps and video games throughout the App Retailer. The procuring app moved into the No. 1 slot final 12 months, stealing the place from TikTok. Learn extra

GitHub launches free model of Copilot: GitHub now has a free model of its fashionable Copilot code completion/AI pair programming software. Till now, builders needed to pay a month-to-month payment, with solely verified college students, lecturers, and open supply maintainers getting free entry. Learn extra

Google releases its personal “reasoning” mannequin: Google has launched Gemini 2.0 Flash Pondering Experimental, what it calls its new “reasoning” AI mannequin. It’s presently within the experimental levels, and from our temporary testing, there’s actually room for enchancment. Learn extra

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To IPO or to not IPO: Databricks simply closed one of many largest funding rounds ever, elevating a staggering $10 billion. Naturally, know-how traders have been fast to ask what this implies for the corporate’s extremely anticipated IPO. In an interview at Axios AI Summit, CEO Ali Ghodsi stated “it’s dumb to IPO this 12 months” and is as an alternative ready till no less than 2025. Databricks is utilizing this “Collection J” to let early workers money out and proceed rising. Whereas 2024 was unsure in some ways, the IPOs of ServiceTitan, Reddit, and different firms have largely been profitable. However, as Maxwell Zeff writes, why danger it when you’ll be able to simply elevate as a lot cash as Databricks? Learn extra

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