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🤖 DeepSeek rivals OpenAI's o1 at 95% lower cost

⏱ Trump delays TikTok ban for 75 days

💸 Instagram offers big bonuses to attract TikTok creators

🧠 Brain implant lets paralyzed man control virtual drone

🌍 Meta will keep fact-checkers outside the US 'for now'

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🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools

🤖 DeepSeek rivals OpenAI's o1 at 95% lower cost LINK

DeepSeek has launched a new open reasoning LLM called DeepSeek-R1, which offers performance similar to OpenAI's o1 in tasks involving math, coding, and reasoning.

DeepSeek-R1 is significantly more cost-effective, with operational expenses 90-95% lower than OpenAI's o1, while achieving comparable results in various benchmarks and tests.

The model and its distilled versions are available as open-source on Hugging Face under an MIT license, representing a major step forward for open-source AI in competing with commercial models.

⏱ Trump delays TikTok ban for 75 days LINK

Trump delayed the TikTok ban for 75 days, instructing the Department of Justice not to enforce penalties on companies like Apple and Google during this period.

Despite the postponement, legal experts warn that companies could still face significant fines for violating the bipartisan law that prohibits working with TikTok.

Trump announced a plan for the US government to own 50 percent of TikTok through a joint venture, though details on how this would be implemented are unclear.

💸 Instagram offers big bonuses to attract TikTok creators LINK

Instagram is enticing TikTok content creators with significant monetary incentives, ranging from $10,000 to $50,000 monthly, to post their Reels on Instagram before other platforms.

While Instagram previously increased payouts to compete with TikTok, such financial incentives have not been consistent, as seen with the discontinuation of the Reels bonus program in 2023.

To appeal to TikTok influencers, Instagram has introduced new features like longer Reels and a redesigned profile grid, but creators remain wary due to Meta's fluctuating policies.

🧠 Brain implant lets paralyzed man control virtual drone LINK

An innovative experiment enabled a man to control a virtual drone using only his thoughts, showcasing the potential of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology for complex applications.

The research involved an AI algorithm that mapped the participant's brain signals, generated by imagining finger movements, to control the drone's navigation in a virtual obstacle course.

This study highlights a significant advancement in BCI technology, paving the way for future developments in controlling multiple inputs and tasks like typing, sewing, or playing musical instruments.

🌍 Meta will keep fact-checkers outside the US 'for now' LINK

Meta plans to maintain its international fact-checking program outside the United States for now, with potential future expansion to other regions.

Nicola Mendelsohn stated that there will be no immediate changes to the global fact-checking efforts, as the company continues to collaborate with partners worldwide.

Meta's transition to a community notes system in the U.S. may face challenges in other regions, especially in Europe due to strict regulations like the Digital Services Act.

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Huawei aims to overtake NVIDIA in China's AI chip market, focusing on inference tasks where AI models make real-time decisions, which could increase demand for Huawei's chips.

One challenge for Huawei is persuading Chinese companies to switch from NVIDIA's Cuda software to its own tools, as NVIDIA's software is deeply embedded in the AI ecosystem.

Supported by the Chinese government, Huawei is enhancing its AI chips and software to become a significant competitor to NVIDIA, despite facing hurdles in chip connectivity and software adoption.

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Anthropic plans to release a ‘two-way’ voice mode for Claude LINK

Meta lets users add WhatsApp to their main Accounts Center LINK

X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube sign EU pledge to tackle hate speech LINK

Apple’s China troubles continue with 18% iPhone sales drop LINK

Robotic hand helps pianists overcome “ceiling effect” LINK

Latest research and tools

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0click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and other platforms: 0click deanonymization attack: an exploit that allows attackers to identify the location of a target within a 250-mile radius using compromised apps, affecting platforms like Signal and Discord without the user being aware.

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ROCm Device Support Wishlist: ROCm Device Support Wishlist: a tool for users to propose and vote on new devices they wish to be supported by the ROCm software platform, helping guide future development priorities.

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Ruff: Python linter and code formatter written in Rust: Ruff: a Python linter and code formatter offering extremely fast performance and integration of multiple tools into a single interface.

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Kimi K1.5: Scaling Reinforcement Learning with LLMs: Kimi K1.5: a multi-modal language model utilizing reinforcement learning to outperform previous models like GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 3.5 in various benchmarks, offering state-of-the-art performance in reasoning and code generation tasks.

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