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ChatGPT Codex, OpenAI's first cloud SWE agent
codex-1 openai-o3 codex-mini gemma-3 blip3-o qwen-2.5 marigold-iid deepseek-v3 lightlab gemini-2.0 lumina-next openai runway salesforce qwen deepseek google google-deepmind j1 software-engineering parallel-processing multimodality diffusion-models depth-estimation scaling-laws reinforcement-learning fine-tuning model-performance multi-turn-conversation reasoning audio-processing sama kevinweil omarsar0 iscienceluvr akhaliq osanseviero c_valenzuelab mervenoyann arankomatsuzaki jasonwei demishassabis philschmid swyx teortaxestex jaseweston
OpenAI launched Codex, a cloud-based software engineering agent powered by codex-1 (an optimized version of OpenAI o3) available in research preview for Pro, Enterprise, and Team ChatGPT users, featuring parallel task execution like refactoring and bug fixing. The Codex CLI was enhanced with quick sign-in and a new low-latency model, codex-mini. Gemma 3 is highlighted as the best open model runnable on a single GPU. Runway released the Gen-4 References API for style transfer in generation. Salesforce introduced BLIP3-o, a unified multimodal model family using diffusion transformers for CLIP image features. The Qwen 2.5 models (1.5B and 3B versions) were integrated into the PocketPal app with various chat templates. Marigold IID, a new state-of-the-art open-source depth estimation model, was released.
In research, DeepSeek shared insights on scaling and hardware for DeepSeek-V3. Google unveiled LightLab, a diffusion-based light source control in images. Google DeepMind's AlphaEvolve uses Gemini 2.0 to discover new math and reduce costs without reinforcement learning. Omni-R1 studied audio's role in fine-tuning audio LLMs. Qwen proposed a parallel scaling law inspired by classifier-free guidance. Salesforce released Lumina-Next on the Qwen base, outperforming Janus-Pro. A study found LLM performance degrades in multi-turn conversations due to unreliability. J1 is incentivizing LLM-as-a-Judge thinking via reinforcement learning. A new Qwen study correlates question and strategy similarity to predict reasoning strategies.
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Gemini 2.5 Pro shows strengths and weaknesses, notably lacking LaTex math rendering unlike ChatGPT, and scored 24.4% on the 2025 US AMO. DeepSeek V3 ranks 8th and 12th on recent leaderboards. Qwen 2.5 models have been integrated into the PocketPal app. Research from Anthropic reveals that Chains-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning is often unfaithful, especially on harder tasks, raising safety concerns. OpenAI's PaperBench benchmark shows AI agents struggle with long-horizon planning, with Claude 3.5 Sonnet achieving only 21.0% accuracy. CodeAct framework generalizes ReAct for dynamic code writing by agents. LangChain explains multi-agent handoffs in LangGraph. Runway Gen-4 marks a new phase in media creation.
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At Nvidia GTC Day 1, several AI updates were highlighted: Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash introduces image input/output but is not recommended for text-to-image tasks, with Imagen 3 preferred for that. Mistral AI released Mistral Small 3.1 with 128k token context window and competitive pricing. Allen AI launched OLMo-32B, an open LLM outperforming GPT-4o mini and Qwen 2.5. ShieldGemma 2 was introduced for image safety classification. LangChainAI announced multiple updates including Julian powered by LangGraph and integration with AnthropicAI's MCP. Jeremy Howard released fasttransform, a Python library for data transformations. Perplexity AI partnered with Kalshi for NCAA March Madness predictions.
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Smolagents library by Huggingface continues trending. ChatGPT-4o latest version
chatgpt-40-latest-20250129 released. DeepSeek R1 671B sets speed record at 198 t/s, fastest reasoning model, recommended with specific prompt settings. Perplexity Deep Research outperforms models like Gemini Thinking, o3-mini, and DeepSeek-R1 on Humanity's Last Exam benchmark with 21.1% score and 93.9% accuracy on SimpleQA. ChatGPT-4o ranks #1 on Arena leaderboard in multiple categories except math. OpenAI's o3 model powers Deep Research tool for ChatGPT Pro users. Gemini 2 Flash and Qwen 2.5 models support LLMGrading verifier. Qwen 2.5 models added to PocketPal app. MLX shows small LLMs like Qwen 0.5B generate tokens at high speed on M4 Max and iPhone 16 Pro. Gemini Flash 2.0 leads new AI agent leaderboard. DeepSeek R1 is most liked on Hugging Face with over 10 million downloads. Reasoning Models are Near-Superhuman Coders (OpenAI IOI, Nvidia Kernels)
o3 o1 o3-mini deepseek-r1 qwen-2.5 openthinker openai nvidia ollama elevenlabs sakana-ai apple reinforcement-learning gpu-kernel-optimization fine-tuning knowledge-distillation scaling-laws chain-of-thought-reasoning model-accessibility alex-wei karpathy abacaj awnihannun
o3 model achieved a gold medal at the 2024 IOI and ranks in the 99.8 percentile on Codeforces, outperforming most humans with reinforcement learning (RL) methods proving superior to inductive bias approaches. Nvidia's DeepSeek-R1 autonomously generates GPU kernels that surpass some expert-engineered kernels, showcasing simple yet effective AI-driven optimization. OpenAI updated o1 and o3-mini models to support file and image uploads in ChatGPT and released DeepResearch, a powerful research assistant based on the o3 model with RL for deep chain-of-thought reasoning. Ollama introduced OpenThinker models fine-tuned from Qwen2.5, outperforming some DeepSeek-R1 distillation models. ElevenLabs grew into a $3.3 billion company specializing in AI voice synthesis without open-sourcing their technology. Research highlights include Sakana AI Labs' TAID knowledge distillation method receiving a Spotlight at ICLR 2025, and Apple's work on scaling laws for mixture-of-experts (MoEs). The importance of open-source AI for scientific discovery was also emphasized.
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Huawei chips are highlighted in a diverse AI news roundup covering NVIDIA's stock rebound, new open music foundation models like Local Suno, and competitive AI models such as Qwen 2.5 Max and Deepseek V3. The release of DeepSeek Janus Pro, a multimodal LLM with image generation capabilities, and advancements in reinforcement learning and chain-of-thought reasoning are noted. Discussions include GPU rebranding with NVIDIA's H6400 GPUs, data center innovations, and enterprise AI applications like crypto APIs in hedge funds. "Deepseek R1's capabilities" and "Qwen 2.5 models added to applications" are key highlights.
DeepSeek R1: o1-level open weights model and a simple recipe for upgrading 1.5B models to Sonnet/4o level
deepseek-r1 deepseek-v3 qwen-2.5 llama-3.1 llama-3.3-70b deepseek ollama qwen llama reinforcement-learning fine-tuning model-distillation model-optimization reasoning reward-models multi-response-sampling model-training
DeepSeek released DeepSeek R1, a significant upgrade over DeepSeek V3 from just three weeks prior, featuring 8 models including full-size 671B MoE models and multiple distillations from Qwen 2.5 and Llama 3.1/3.3. The models are MIT licensed, allowing finetuning and distillation. Pricing is notably cheaper than o1 by 27x-50x. The training process used GRPO (reward for correctness and style outcomes) without relying on PRM, MCTS, or reward models, focusing on reasoning improvements through reinforcement learning. Distilled models can run on Ollama and show strong capabilities like writing Manim code. The release emphasizes advances in reinforcement-learning, fine-tuning, and model-distillation with a novel RL framework from DeepSeekMath.
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helium-1 qwen-2.5 phi-4 sky-t1-32b-preview o1 codestral-25.01 phi-3 mistral llama-3 gpt-3.5 llama-3 gpt-3.5 llmquoter kyutai-labs lmstudio mistralai llamaindex huggingface langchainai hyperbolic-labs replit fchollet philschmid multilinguality token-level-distillation context-windows model-performance open-source reasoning coding retrieval-augmented-generation hybrid-retrieval multiagent-systems video large-video-language-models dynamic-ui voice-interaction gpu-rentals model-optimization semantic-deduplication model-inference reach_vb awnihannun lior_on_ai sophiamyang omarsar0 skirano yuchenj_uw fchollet philschmid
Helium-1 Preview by kyutai_labs is a 2B-parameter multilingual base LLM outperforming Qwen 2.5, trained on 2.5T tokens with a 4096 context size using token-level distillation from a 7B model. Phi-4 (4-bit) was released in lmstudio on an M4 max, noted for speed and performance. Sky-T1-32B-Preview is a $450 open-source reasoning model matching o1's performance with strong benchmark scores. Codestral 25.01 by mistralai is a new SOTA coding model supporting 80+ programming languages and offering 2x speed.
Innovations include AutoRAG for optimizing retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, Agentic RAG for autonomous query reformulation and critique, Multiagent Finetuning using societies of models like Phi-3, Mistral, LLaMA-3, and GPT-3.5 for reasoning improvements, and VideoRAG incorporating video content into RAG with LVLMs.
Applications include a dynamic UI AI chat app by skirano on Replit, LangChain tools like DocTalk for voice PDF conversations, AI travel agent tutorials, and news summarization agents. Hyperbolic Labs offers competitive GPU rentals including H100, A100, and RTX 4090. LLMQuoter enhances RAG accuracy by identifying key quotes.
Infrastructure updates include MLX export for LLM inference from Python to C++ by fchollet and SemHash semantic text deduplication by philschmid.
Qwen with Questions: 32B open weights reasoning model nears o1 in GPQA/AIME/Math500
deepseek-r1 qwq gpt-4o claude-3.5-sonnet qwen-2.5 llama-cpp deepseek sambanova hugging-face dair-ai model-releases benchmarking fine-tuning sequential-search inference model-deployment agentic-rag external-tools multi-modal-models justin-lin clementdelangue ggerganov vikparuchuri
DeepSeek r1 leads the race for "open o1" models but has yet to release weights, while Justin Lin released QwQ, a 32B open weight model that outperforms GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet on benchmarks. QwQ appears to be a fine-tuned version of Qwen 2.5, emphasizing sequential search and reflection for complex problem-solving. SambaNova promotes its RDUs as superior to GPUs for inference tasks, highlighting the shift from training to inference in AI systems. On Twitter, Hugging Face announced CPU deployment for llama.cpp instances, Marker v1 was released as a faster and more accurate deployment tool, and Agentic RAG developments focus on integrating external tools and advanced LLM chains for improved response accuracy. The open-source AI community sees growing momentum with models like Flux gaining popularity, reflecting a shift towards multi-modal AI models including image, video, audio, and biology.
ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode
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OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode with 5 new voices and improved accent and language support, available widely in the US. Ahead of rumored updates for Llama 3 and Claude 3.5, Gemini Pro saw a significant price cut aligning with the new intelligence frontier pricing. OpenAI's o1-preview model showed promising planning task performance with 52.8% accuracy on Randomized Mystery Blocksworld. Anthropic is rumored to release a new model, generating community excitement. Qwen 2.5 was released with models up to 32B parameters and support for 128K tokens, matching GPT-4 0613 benchmarks. Research highlights include PlanBench evaluation of o1-preview, OpenAI's release of a multilingual MMMLU dataset covering 14 languages, and RAGLAB framework standardizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation research. New AI tools include PDF2Audio for converting PDFs to audio, an open-source AI starter kit for local model deployment, and Moshi, a speech-based AI assistant from Kyutai. Industry updates feature Scale AI nearing $1B ARR with 4x YoY growth and Together Compute's enterprise platform offering faster inference and cost reductions. Insights from Sam Altman's blog post were also shared.
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OpenAI's o1-preview and o1-mini models lead benchmarks in Math, Hard Prompts, and Coding. Qwen 2.5 72B model shows strong performance close to GPT-4o. DeepSeek-V2.5 tops Chinese LLMs, rivaling GPT-4-Turbo-2024-04-09. Microsoft's GRIN MoE achieves good results with 6.6B active parameters. Moshi voice model from Kyutai Labs runs locally on Apple Silicon Macs. Perplexity app introduces voice mode with push-to-talk. LlamaCoder by Together.ai uses Llama 3.1 405B for app generation. Google DeepMind's Veo is a new generative video model for YouTube Shorts. The 2024 ARC-AGI competition increases prize money and plans a university tour. A survey on model merging covers 50+ papers for LLM alignment. The Kolmogorov–Arnold Transformer (KAT) paper proposes replacing MLP layers with KAN layers for better expressiveness. Hugging Face Hub integrates with Google Cloud Vertex AI Model Garden for easier open-source model deployment. Agent.ai is introduced as a professional network for AI agents. "Touching grass is all you need."
o1 destroys Lmsys Arena, Qwen 2.5, Kyutai Moshi release
o1-preview o1-mini qwen-2.5 qwen-plus llama-3-1 deepseek-v2.5 openai anthropic google alibaba deepseek kyutai weights-biases mistral-ai chain-of-thought multimodality model-benchmarking model-performance streaming-neural-architecture llm-observability experiment-tracking rate-limiting sama guillaumelample
OpenAI's o1-preview model has achieved a milestone by fully matching top daily AI news stories without human intervention, consistently outperforming other models like Anthropic, Google, and Llama 3 in vibe check evaluations. OpenAI models dominate the top 4 slots on LMsys benchmarks, with rate limits increasing to 500-1000 requests per minute. In open source, Alibaba's Qwen 2.5 suite surpasses Llama 3.1 at the 70B scale and updates its closed Qwen-Plus models to outperform DeepSeek V2.5 but still lag behind leading American models. Kyutai Moshi released its open weights realtime voice model featuring a unique streaming neural architecture with an "inner monologue." Weights & Biases introduced Weave, an LLM observability toolkit that enhances experiment tracking and evaluation, turning prompting into a more scientific process. The news also highlights upcoming events like the WandB LLM-as-judge hackathon in San Francisco. "o1-preview consistently beats out our vibe check evals" and "OpenAI models are gradually raising rate limits by the day."