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The European Commission has unveiled its AI Continent Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy designed to establish Europe as a global leader in artificial intelligence. This initiative builds upon recent regulatory, research, and infrastructure advancements, outlining a five-pillar approach to enhance AI capabilities, stimulate innovation, and promote widespread adoption throughout the continent. A key component of this plan involves significant investments in both AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC), coupled with the deployment of multiple AI factories across Europe.
The Commission intends to establish a network of AI Factories, with 13 already being deployed in conjunction with Europe’s existing supercomputing resources. These factories are strategically designed to support EU-based AI startups, established industries, and researchers in the development of advanced AI models and applications. The aim is to foster scientific collaboration around powerful and unique infrastructures, particularly in crucial sectors such as healthcare, biotechnology, industry, robotics, and scientific discovery. Furthermore, the EU aims to establish AI Gigafactories, which are envisioned as large-scale facilities equipped with approximately 100,000 state-of-the-art AI chips – four times the capacity of current AI factories. The goal of the AI Continent Action Plan is to transform Europe's strong traditional industries and exceptional talent pool into powerful engines of AI innovation and acceleration, despite the fact that only 13.5% of companies in the EU have adopted AI so far. The initiative seeks to secure Europe's position at the forefront of the global AI landscape. Recommended read:
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OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has announced a significant strategic shift by planning to release its first open-weight AI model since 2019. This move comes amidst mounting economic pressures from competitors like DeepSeek and Meta, whose open-source models are increasingly gaining traction. CEO Sam Altman revealed the plans on X, stating that the new model will have reasoning capabilities and allow developers to run it on their own hardware, departing from OpenAI's cloud-based subscription model.
This decision marks a notable change for OpenAI, which has historically defended closed, proprietary models. The company is now looking to gather developer feedback to make the new model as useful as possible, planning events in San Francisco, Europe and Asia-Pacific. As models improve, startups and developers increasingly want more tunable latency, and want to use on-prem deplouments requiring full data control, according to OpenAI. The shift comes alongside a monumental $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, which has catapulted OpenAI's valuation to $300 billion. SoftBank will initially invest $10 billion, with the remaining $30 billion contingent on OpenAI transitioning to a for-profit structure by the end of the year. This funding will help OpenAI continue building AI systems that drive scientific discovery, enable personalized education, enhance human creativity, and pave the way toward artificial general intelligence. The release of the open-weight model is expected to help OpenAI compete with the growing number of efficient open-source alternatives and counter the criticisms that have come from remaining a closed model. Recommended read:
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Meta is reportedly planning to launch a standalone Meta AI app in the second quarter, according to a CNBC report. This move aims to make Meta AI, a ChatGPT-like chatbot service, more accessible and competitive with other AI assistants like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Currently, Meta AI is available within Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and via a standalone website. Meta is also considering a paid subscription for Meta AI, though details about pricing and features are yet to be revealed.
Alongside its AI app development, Meta's Aria Gen 2 is revolutionizing robotics. Aria Gen 2 enables 400% Faster Training with Egocentric AI and unlocks faster, scalable, and cost-efficient robot training. Leveraging egocentric AI, researchers equip robots with a more human-like understanding of the world. Meta's Aria Gen 2 is a next-generation AI research platform from Meta’s Project Aria, which leverages egocentric AI and first-person perception. By capturing what a human sees, hears, and experiences through RGB cameras, SLAM sensors, IMUs, and eye-tracking, Aria Gen 2 provides real-time perception and on-device AI processing, enabling robots to be trained using human egocentric recordings. Recommended read:
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Microsoft is making significant moves in both artificial intelligence and communication platforms. The company recently unveiled new AI models capable of processing text, images, and speech with greater efficiency. These models are designed to empower developers by integrating multimodal capabilities. Microsoft is also pushing back against AI chip export restrictions. Brad Smith has voiced concerns that current regulations could hinder U.S. leadership in AI and drive business to Chinese vendors by creating insufficient supply of American AI technology for key allies.
Microsoft is discontinuing Skype after over 20 years and plans to direct its users to Microsoft Teams, its flagship communications platform. The official shutdown is scheduled for May 5th. The company will sync Skype accounts to Teams, enabling users to log in using their Skype credentials, and plans to roll out the integration to the rest of the Skype installed base in the coming days. Microsoft is looking to prioritize the more popular communications product. Recommended read:
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