OpenAI looks set to debut their Operator system, and some leaks are out. At the same time Deepseek R1 releases some numbers, and Sam Altman says he might have been wrong before, and now anticipates a 'fast take-off'. Plus two papers to give you an idea of what a super-agent might be decent at doing, some more exclusive article analysis and much more. Who said anything else is happening today...
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WzJwXWBDnn4iZ7odKwDib
AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:13 - Pro Cost and OpenAI Operator
04:00 - Agent Benchmarks Being Targeted
07:48 - Fast Take-off, Altman
08:48 - Altman flip-flops
10:02 - Deepseek R1 First Reaction
Altman ‘100x expectations out of control’: https://x.com/sama/status/1881258443669172470
OpenAI Operator Table: https://x.com/btibor91/status/1881285255266750564
WebVoyager: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.13919
OSWorld: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.07972
Axios Exclusive 1 (SuperAgent): https://www.axios.com/2025/01/19/ai-superagent-openai-meta?s=09
Axios Exclusive 2: https://www.axios.com/2025/01/18/biden-sullivan-ai-race-trump-china
Deepseek R1 Numbers: https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/1881318130334814301
Does 1.5B outperform 3.5 Sonnet on Math?: https://x.com/reach_vb/status/1881319500089634954
Deepseek R1 (deepseek-reasoner) Pricing: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/quick_start/pricing/
Altman Fast Takeoff: https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1879100390840697191
OpenAI Economic Blueprint: https://cdn.openai.com/global-affairs/ai-in-america-oai-economic-blueprint-20250113.pdf
Target is Long-horizon Tasks: https://x.com/karinanguyen_/status/1879576037249667520
Support Regulations: https://www.techemails.com/p/elon-musk-and-openai
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/technology/openai-altman-artificial-intelligence-regulation.html
Donation: https://qz.com/sam-altman-donate-million-zuckerberg-bezos-donald-trump-1851721035
Amodei on Regulations by 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugvHCXCOmm4
‘Feel the AGI’: https://x.com/polynoamial?lang=en
GPT-5 and o-series merger: https://x.com/sama/status/1880358749187240274
o1 Thinks in Chinese: https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/openais-ai-reasoning-model-thinks-in-chinese-sometimes-and-no-one-really-knows-why/
Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/
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