12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap
Over the past 12 business days, OpenAI has announced a new product or demoed an AI feature every weekday, calling the PR event “12 days of OpenAI.” We’ve covered some of the major announcements, but…
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OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models
On Friday, during Day 12 of its “12 days of OpenAI,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced its latest AI “reasoning” models, o3 and o3-mini, which build upon the o1 models launched earlier this year. The…
The AI war between Google and OpenAI has never been more heated
Over the past month, we’ve seen a rapid cadence of notable AI-related announcements and releases from both Google and OpenAI, and it’s been making the AI community’s head spin. It has also poured fuel on…
Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Google releases its own “reasoning” AI model
Google DeepMind’s chief scientist, Jeff Dean, says that the model receives extra computing power, writing on X, “we see promising results when we increase inference time computation!” The model works by pausing to consider multiple…
New physics sim trains robots 430,000 times faster than reality
The AI-generated worlds reportedly include realistic physics, camera movements, and object behaviors, all from text commands. The system then creates physically accurate ray-traced videos and data that robots can use for training. Examples of “4D…
A new, uncensored AI video model may spark a new AI hobbyist movement
“A muscular barbarian breaking a CRT television set with a weapon, cinematic, 8K, studio lighting” “A scared woman in a Victorian outfit running through a forest, dolly shot” “Low angle static shot: A teddy bear…
Call ChatGPT from any phone with OpenAI’s new 1-800 voice service
On Wednesday, OpenAI launched a 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478) telephone number that anyone in the US can call to talk to ChatGPT via voice chat for up to 15 minutes for free. The company also says that…
Twirling body horror in gymnastics video exposes AI’s flaws
On Wednesday, a video from OpenAI’s newly launched Sora AI video generator went viral on social media, featuring a gymnast who sprouts extra limbs and briefly loses her head during what appears to be an…
OpenAI introduces “Santa Mode” to ChatGPT for ho-ho-ho voice chats
On Thursday, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can now talk to a simulated version of Santa Claus through the app’s voice mode, using AI to bring a North Pole connection to mobile devices, desktop apps,…
Google goes “agentic” with Gemini 2.0’s ambitious AI agent features
On Wednesday, Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, the next generation of its AI-model family, starting with an experimental release called Gemini 2.0 Flash. The model family can generate text, images, and speech while processing multiple types…