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OpenAI's $3B SoftBank Deal and Potential Open-Sourcing of Models

2025-02-04

OpenAI announced a joint venture with Japan's SoftBank on Monday, involving a $3 billion annual investment from SoftBank to utilize OpenAI's software. This strategic shift follows the surprising emergence of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm whose advanced model requires significantly less computing power than OpenAI's ChatGPT, challenging conventional wisdom on AI's resource needs. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hinted at potentially open-sourcing their models, a move he suggested on Reddit was a correction of OpenAI's past mistake of keeping its source code private.

Scale AI CEO Warns: America Must Win the AI War

2025-01-21

Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post urging President Trump to prioritize the AI race. He argues the US needs increased AI investment, shifting focus from algorithms to compute power and data. Wang also recommends streamlining new energy production and leveraging government data for AI development. He believes AI will create jobs, but the US needs to support workers adapting to new roles.

Replit CEO: We Don't Need Pro Coders Anymore, Thanks to AI

2025-01-16

Replit CEO Amjad Masad revealed that their new AI-powered tool, 'Agent,' built using Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, generates functional software applications from simple natural language prompts. This has led to a fivefold revenue increase in the last six months. Masad claims this advancement makes professional coders obsolete, empowering non-coders to build software with AI. He even coined 'Amjad's Law,' stating the return on learning basic coding doubles every six months. While this lowers the barrier to software development, it also raises questions about the long-term competitive advantage of AI models.