STEAM in AI #49
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Welcome to the STEAM in AI Insights Newsletter for the Week of February 5th, 2025!
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This week brought transformative developments in AI, from groundbreaking model releases shaking global markets to major regulatory shifts and innovative integrations. In this week's newsletter, you'll find key stories shaping the artificial intelligence landscape affecting high school students looking to ace college admissions and AI careers.
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Key AI Insights this Week
Industry News in AI
DeepSeek Disrupts Global AI Ecosystem
Chinese startup DeepSeek?sent shockwaves through the industry with its R1 reasoning model that matches OpenAI's performance at 1/10th the cost.?Computerworld
Key impacts: Techradar
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Microsoft paradoxically added R1 to Azure AI Foundry while investigating security issues, as analysts predict permanent market restructuring. Forbes
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Humanoid Robotics Breakthrough
Realbotix?unveiled third-party AI integration for its robots: Businesswire
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OpenAI Advances AGI Roadmap
The ChatGPT creator introduced?Deep Research?- an agentic system completing multi-day research tasks in minutes.?Features include:?
OpenAI claims this marks "a prerequisite for creating new knowledge" toward AGI. AINews
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Regulatory & Strategic Shifts
The EU enacted strict AI Act provisions banning: Emotion recognition in workplaces Forbes Predictive policing systemsConcurrently, Apple accelerated its?Project ACDC?AI chips to reduce third-party model reliance, while Oracle/SoftBank committed $500B to AI infrastructure. ?
These developments signal an industry pivot toward efficiency, regulation compliance, and vertical integration - with DeepSeek's rise demonstrating open-source models' growing competitiveness against entrenched players.
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