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Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:
Stanford and University of Washington AI researchers claim they trained AI reasoning model s1, distilled from a Gemini 2.0 model, for under $50 in cloud compute  —  AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits …
Washington Post:
Sources: DOGE is processing sensitive data from across the Education Department with AI tools in Microsoft's Azure to look for potential spending cuts  —  At the Department of Education, the tech billionaire's team has turned to artificial intelligence to hunt for potential spending cuts —
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google Photos starts adding its SynthID watermarks to photos that have been edited using Magic Editor, but says some changes may be too small to detect  —  But Google admits that some generative AI adjustments may be ‘too small’ for SynthID to detect.  —  But Google admits …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
OpenAI opens ChatGPT search to users who are not logged in, after launching it to paying subscribers in October 2024 and logged-in users in December 2024  —  OpenAI is making its AI search engine more accessible.  —  OpenAI is making its AI search engine more accessible.
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Mistral releases iOS and Android apps and unveils several updates to its AI assistant Le Chat, including a $14.99 per month Pro tier  —  Mistral, the company that is sometimes considered as Europe's great hope for AI, is releasing several updates to Le Chat, its AI assistant product.
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
US lawmakers introduce a bipartisan bill that would ban DeepSeek's app from government-owned devices, amid concerns that the app allows China to see user data  —  Bipartisan bill comes amid concerns that the application allows China to see user data  —  WASHINGTON—Lawmakers plan to introduce …
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
GitHub announces updates for Copilot, including Vision for Copilot to generate interfaces, code, and alt text from a screenshot, photo, or a diagram  —  GitHub has announced a slew of updates for Copilot, while also giving a glimpse into a more agentic future for its AI-powered pair programmer.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple is at the center of an escalating US-China geopolitical fight spanning tariffs, regulatory probes, and a backlash due to growing anti-US rhetoric in China  —  - The iPhone is in crosshairs of 10% tariffs on Chinese imports  — China also is weighing a probe into company's App Store fees
Henry Stockdale / UploadVR:
Interviews with nearly two dozen VR studios on shipping games on Quest, Meta's increased focus on Horizon Worlds, concerns over declining game sales, and more  —  With concerns about declining sales and discoverability, UploadVR spoke with nearly two dozen VR studios to discuss the state of VR development for Quest.
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Roblox reports Q4 revenue up 32% YoY to $988.2M, bookings up 21% YoY to $1.36B, vs. $1.37B est., and DAUs up 19% YoY to 85.3M, vs. 88.4M est.; RBLX falls 15%+  —  - Roblox had 85.3 million daily active users in fourth quarter  — The company's quarterly bookings reached $1.36 billion

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Jon Passantino / Status:
Source: New York and Connecticut AGs have voiced concerns about the potential settlement agreement with Paramount and are pressing for greater concessions

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
MS NOW, CNN, and Politico file a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington seeking a temporary restraining order against President Trump's White House ban

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Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:
In Q4 2024, AMD outsold Intel in the data center area for the first time, with revenue up 69% YoY to $3.86B, vs. Intel's $3.4B, but analysts expected more sales
Politico:
The Senate Commerce Committee approves the Kids Off Social Media Act to ban under-13s from social media, clearing the way for consideration by the full Senate
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI is expected to air its first TV ad during Super Bowl LIX; MediaRadar says AI companies spent $332M on ads in 2024, over double their 2023 spend
Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Kaspersky researchers found apps in Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store that use OCR to steal crypto wallet recovery phrases from images on users' devices
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