|
February 3, 2025, 2:10 PM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI debuts Deep Research, an AI agent for creating in-depth reports, available to $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscribers and limited to 100 queries per month — OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot platform.
More: OpenAI, Entrepreneur, New York Times, PCMag, The Register, VentureBeat, Engadget, Dror Poleg, The Verge, Mashable, Business Insider, AI News, AI Daily News, Constellation Research, Tom's Guide, Thurrott, Ghacks, The Guardian, WinBuzzer, The Crypto Times, Seeking Alpha, TestingCatalog, PhoneArena, PYMNTS.com, TechRadar, Interesting Engineering, BGR, TechPowerUp, Decrypt, Analytics India Magazine, Digit, MarkTechPost, Nairametrics, Financial Express, Moneycontrol, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, BetaNews, Livemint, Benzinga, Axios, and South China Morning Post
Threads: @parkerortolani. X: @sama, @sama, @danhendrycks, @gdb, @danshipper, @sama, @sama, @emollick, @sama, @gergelyorosz, @afinetheorem, @alexandr_wang, @openai, @deryatr_, @openai, @danshipper, @miles_brundage, @willdepue, @emollick, @hxiao, @openai, @sama, @aarushselvan, @felipe_millon, @sama, @sama, @_jasonwei, @deryatr_, @millionint, @aesoperator, @tsarnick, @thestalwart, @liamfedus, @emollick, @edwardsun0909, @afinetheorem, @parth_laxmikant, @reidhoffman, @shaunralston, and @kevinroose
Forums: r/OpenAI, r/biotech, r/LocalLLaMA, r/ChatGPT, r/mlscaling, r/singularity, r/singularity, r/consulting, r/OpenAI, and r/singularity
| Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: |
OpenAI's Deep Research hands-on: very good at nuanced, complex research, and the first narrow agent to do sophisticated and likely economically valuable work — The first narrow agents are here — A hint to the future arrived quietly over the weekend. For a long time … | Financial Times: |
The US' largest companies, like Visa, United, Amazon, Apple, and Oracle, are cutting deals with Elon Musk's businesses as he solidifies his power in government — Companies from Boeing to Amazon have sought out the world's richest man as he seeks to remake US government| Rochelle Raveendran / CBC News: |
In the wake of US tariffs on Canadian goods, the premiere of Ontario Doug Ford says he's “ripping up” the province's $100M Starlink contract — Musk part of President Donald Trump's team that wants to destroy families, Ford says — Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is …
More: Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, Associated Press, CTV News, PCMag, BetaKit, New York Daily News, Reuters, Financial Times, New York Post, iPhone in Canada Blog, Washington Examiner, MobileSyrup, WVEC, Forbes, Bloomberg, Global News, MeidasTouch News, ZeroHedge News, Daily Sabah, Wccftech, Quartz, IJR, New Republic, and Raw Story
Mastodon: @uxmark@mstdn.ca. Forums: r/onguardforthee, r/worldnews, r/Destiny, r/Starlink, r/politics, r/RealTesla, r/news, r/ASTSpaceMobile, r/ontario, and r/canada
| Financial Times: |
Analysis: Meta has invested $80B+ in AR and VR since 2014 when it bought Oculus, and is on track to top $100B in 2025; a source says it sold 1M Ray-Bans in 2024 — Tech group reveals it put $19.9bn into its Reality Labs division, which develops its smart glasses and headsets, last year
More: PYMNTS.com, XR Today, and Lawyer Monthly
| Washington Post: |
Analysis of FEC filings: Elon Musk spent $288M+ to help elect Trump and other Republicans, the 2024 US election's biggest donor; Musk's America PAC raised $263M — Billionaire Elon Musk spent at least $288 million to help elect President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates … | Bloomberg: |
The Seoul High Court upholds an earlier decision clearing Samsung Executive Chairman Jay Y. Lee of fraud and stock-rigging, marking a major victory for Samsung — - Seoul court upholds Jay Y. Lee's earlier victory on appeal — The Samsung scion can now focus on turning around the firm
More: Reuters, Nikkei Asia, SammyGuru, KED Global, SamMobile, Financial Times, Engadget, Wccftech, and Associated Press
| Reuters: |
Chainalysis and others estimate $TRUMP had generated $86M to $100M in trading fees by January 30; its market cap, which passed $14.5B on January 19, is down 66% — Entities behind President Donald Trump's crypto coin have accumulated close to $100 million in trading fees in less than two weeks …
More: PYMNTS.com, Blockchain News, and crypto.news
| Bloomberg: |
Trump signs an executive action to form a sovereign wealth fund; Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick says it may be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US — - Fund could be used as US facilitates TikTok sale, Lutnick says — Bessent says fund will be created in the next 12 months| Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
The Beatles' Now and Then, created using AI and an original 1970s lo-fi demo, won Best Rock Performance at the Grammys; McCartney and Starr completed it in 2021 — The “Now and Then” track was released in 2023 after machine learning was used to clean up an old John Lennon demo.
More: CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Android Headlines, BBC, The Independent, Pitchfork, BGR, and The Beatles
Forums: r/Music and r/artificial
| Monique Mulima / Bloomberg: |
MicroStrategy says it didn't buy any bitcoin in the prior week, ending 12 consecutive weekly purchases worth $20B+ starting in October 2024, and holds ~$44.7B — The purchases had coincided with a record-breaking rally in the digital currency that had been driven in part by Donald Trump's embrace …
More: Decrypt, CoinDesk, MicroStrategy, The Block, crypto.news, CoinGape, and CryptoPotato. X: @saylor
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
The first ever native iPhone porn app, Hot Tub, arrives in the EU via the approved alternative app store AltStore PAL, which was made possible by the DMA — A native pornography app for iOS is coming to the EU via the approved alternative app store AltStore PAL, made possible by Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA).Sponsor Posts
Google:
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Connecting, collaborating, and growing: Zoho Mail 2025 wrap-up — Your inbox has been home to a lot this year—quick updates, long threads, approvals, reminders, and the occasional late-night draft you weren't sure about.
Connecting, collaborating, and growing: Zoho Mail 2025 wrap-up — Your inbox has been home to a lot this year—quick updates, long threads, approvals, reminders, and the occasional late-night draft you weren't sure about.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
BG2 Pod:
AI Enterprise - Databricks & Glean
Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.
Subscribe to BG2 Pod.
Great Chat:
The stories we told ourselves in 2025
A podcast mostly about tech. Brought to you weekly by Angela Du, Sally Shin, Mac Bohannon, Helen Min, and Ashley Mayer.
Subscribe to Great Chat.
Grit:
How Brands Stay Visible When AI Decides | Profound CEO James Cadwallader
Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.
Subscribe to Grit.
Lenny's Podcast:
The coming AI security crisis (and what to do about it) | Sander Schulhoff
Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.
Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.
Big Technology Podcast:
OpenAI's Potential, Google's Speedy Model, Copilot Hits Turbulence
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators.
Subscribe to Big Technology Podcast.
Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:
Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling
Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.
Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 2:10 PM ET, February 3, 2025.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Sara Fischer / Axios:Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Noam Scheiber / New York Times: |
More: Fortune and Forbes
X: @noamscheiber, @noamscheiber, @noamscheiber, and @noamscheiber
Forums: Hacker News, r/Futurology, r/technews, and r/technology
Earlier Picks
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
More: SoftBank Group Corp., UPI, The Decoder, The Asahi Shimbun, Wall Street Journal, Proactive, Cautious Optimism, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, SoftBank Group Corp., Kyodo News+, Reuters, Hürriyet Daily News, Tech in Asia, The Japan Times, Tech Startups, and Semafor. Bluesky: @quinnypig.com