OpenAI has considered building a humanoid robot, having previously invested in robotics companies and having a robotics division that was closed in 2021.

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Google is testing its Gemini AI model against Anthropic's Claude model, with contractors comparing answers and evaluating accuracy. Google's use of Claude is unclear, as it did not comment on obtaining permission.

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AI can be trained on synthetic data generated by another AI, which is gaining traction due to the scarcity of real data. Companies like Anthropic, Meta, and OpenAI are using synthetic data to train their models.

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Samsung will hold its CES 2025 press conference on January 6, focusing on TVs, appliances, and consumer robots, with a tagline 'AI for All- Everyday, Everywhere'.

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Elon Musk's AI company xAI has raised $6 billion in new funding, bringing its total raised to $12 billion, with a valuation aiming for $50 billion.

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OpenAI's o3 model has shown promising performance on benchmarks, outscoring other models in general ability and math tests, suggesting AI scaling progress has not plateaued.

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Nvidia will hold its CES 2025 keynote on January 6, led by CEO Jensen Huang, where it is expected to make several big announcements, including details about its RTX 5000 series GPU.

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European AI startups received 25% of VC funding in the region, approximately $13.7 billion, and have doubled in value in four years.

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Coralogix, an observability platform, acquired Aporia, an AI observability startup. This acquisition will integrate Aporia's technology into Coralogix's service and launch a dedicated AI research center, Coralogix AI.

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Quantization, a technique used to make AI models more efficient, has limits and the industry may be approaching them.

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