AI News Weekly - Issue #423: DeepSeek: Bad for Silicon Valley, Great for You? - Jan 30th 2025

In the News DeepSeek is bad for Silicon Valley. But it might be great for you. When it comes to AI, I’d consider myself a casual user and a curious one. It’s been creeping into my daily life for a couple of years, and at the very least, AI chatbots can be good at making drudgery slightly less drudgerous. vox.com Sponsor Discover what the most trusted industry experts are reading Use the Power of AI to access a forward-thinking audience of professional decision makers ! essentials.news In The News SoftBank ‘in talks’ to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI The Japanese investment group SoftBank is reportedly in talks to invest up to $25bn (£20bn) in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the biggest financial backer of the startup behind ChatGPT. theguardian.com Mark Zuckerberg says Meta isn’t worried about DeepSeek Nearly everyone seems to be suddenly freaking out about the rise of DeepSeek. Meta isn’t worried, though. theverge.com Alibaba releases AI model it says surpasses DeepSeek Chinese tech company Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tab on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. reuters.com Applied use cases Rad AI raises $60M to help radiologists improve accuracy of patient care Healthcare startup Rad AI announced today it raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Transformation Capital to deploy generative artificial intelligence technology for healthcare providers. siliconangle.com Palona AI gets $10M to build more reliable customer service chatbots that don’t make mistakes A trio of artificial intelligence engineers who previously led projects at Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. say they have raised $10 million for a new startup that aims to make AI-powered customer sales chatbots more reliable and “emotionally attuned.” siliconangle.com MIT students' works redefine human-AI collaboration Projects from MIT course 4.043/4.044 (Interaction Intelligence) were presented at NeurIPS, showing how AI transforms creativity, education, and interaction in unexpected ways. mit.edu Ethics New Vatican document offers AI guidelines from warfare to health care A Vatican document released Tuesday offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence in sectors from warfare to health care, with an underlying call that the burgeoning technology must be used as a tool to complement, and not replace, human intelligence. apnews.com What to know about DeepSeek AI, from cost claims to data privacy Beyond investor and CEO panic, DeepSeek presents a host of security concerns. Here's what to know. zdnet.com AI in medical decision-making: a question of ethics? Artificial intelligence is gradually becoming an integral part of predictive and personalised medicine, and in helping medical professionals make therapeutic decisions. polytechnique-insights.com Robotics Robots set to race humans in Beijing half-marathon WTF?! Forget about whether robots can outperform humans at their jobs, China wants to answer the bigger question on everyone's minds: can the machines beat their flesh-and-blood creators in a half-marathon race? In April, this pressing question will be answered. techspot.com Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts ‘new paradigm of AI architectures’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’ Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says that a “new paradigm of AI architectures” will emerge in the next three to five years, going far beyond the capabilities of existing AI systems. techcrunch.com 1X Acquires Kind Humanoid to Accelerate Development of Humanoid Robots Humanoid robotics firm 1X has acquired robotics startup Kind Humanoid, saying the move unites two teams who aim to advance humanoid technology. techspot.com Research Generative AI in higher education: A global perspective of institutional adoption policies and guidelines The study underscores the importance of clear communication channels, stakeholder collaboration, and ongoing evaluation to support effective GAI adoption. sciencedirect.com The rise and potential of large language model based agents: a survey In this article, we conduct a comprehensive survey on LLM-based agents, covering their construction frameworks, application scenarios, and the exploration of societies built upon LLM-based agents. We also conclude some potential future directions and open

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AI News Weekly - Issue #423: DeepSeek: Bad for Silicon Valley, Great for You? - Jan 30th 2025

In the News

DeepSeek is bad for Silicon Valley. But it might be great for you.

When it comes to AI, I’d consider myself a casual user and a curious one. It’s been creeping into my daily life for a couple of years, and at the very least, AI chatbots can be good at making drudgery slightly less drudgerous.

vox.com

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In The News

SoftBank ‘in talks’ to invest up to $25bn in OpenAI

The Japanese investment group SoftBank is reportedly in talks to invest up to $25bn (£20bn) in OpenAI in a deal that would make it the biggest financial backer of the startup behind ChatGPT.

theguardian.com

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta isn’t worried about DeepSeek

Nearly everyone seems to be suddenly freaking out about the rise of DeepSeek. Meta isn’t worried, though.

theverge.com

Alibaba releases AI model it says surpasses DeepSeek

Chinese tech company Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tab on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3.

reuters.com

Applied use cases

Rad AI raises $60M to help radiologists improve accuracy of patient care

Healthcare startup Rad AI announced today it raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Transformation Capital to deploy generative artificial intelligence technology for healthcare providers.

siliconangle.com

Palona AI gets $10M to build more reliable customer service chatbots that don’t make mistakes

A trio of artificial intelligence engineers who previously led projects at Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. say they have raised $10 million for a new startup that aims to make AI-powered customer sales chatbots more reliable and “emotionally attuned.”

siliconangle.com

MIT students' works redefine human-AI collaboration

Projects from MIT course 4.043/4.044 (Interaction Intelligence) were presented at NeurIPS, showing how AI transforms creativity, education, and interaction in unexpected ways.

mit.edu

Ethics

New Vatican document offers AI guidelines from warfare to health care

A Vatican document released Tuesday offers wide-ranging ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence in sectors from warfare to health care, with an underlying call that the burgeoning technology must be used as a tool to complement, and not replace, human intelligence.

apnews.com

What to know about DeepSeek AI, from cost claims to data privacy

Beyond investor and CEO panic, DeepSeek presents a host of security concerns. Here's what to know.

zdnet.com

AI in medical decision-making: a question of ethics?

Artificial intelligence is gradually becoming an integral part of predictive and personalised medicine, and in helping medical professionals make therapeutic decisions.

polytechnique-insights.com

Robotics

Robots set to race humans in Beijing half-marathon

WTF?! Forget about whether robots can outperform humans at their jobs, China wants to answer the bigger question on everyone's minds: can the machines beat their flesh-and-blood creators in a half-marathon race? In April, this pressing question will be answered.

techspot.com

Meta’s Yann LeCun predicts ‘new paradigm of AI architectures’ within 5 years and ‘decade of robotics’

Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says that a “new paradigm of AI architectures” will emerge in the next three to five years, going far beyond the capabilities of existing AI systems.

techcrunch.com

1X Acquires Kind Humanoid to Accelerate Development of Humanoid Robots

Humanoid robotics firm 1X has acquired robotics startup Kind Humanoid, saying the move unites two teams who aim to advance humanoid technology.

techspot.com

Research

Generative AI in higher education: A global perspective of institutional adoption policies and guidelines

The study underscores the importance of clear communication channels, stakeholder collaboration, and ongoing evaluation to support effective GAI adoption.

sciencedirect.com

The rise and potential of large language model based agents: a survey

In this article, we conduct a comprehensive survey on LLM-based agents, covering their construction frameworks, application scenarios, and the exploration of societies built upon LLM-based agents. We also conclude some potential future directions and open problems in this flourishing field.

springer.com

Artificial intelligence: an overview of research trends and future directions

This study aims to offer an overview of hospitality and tourism research on artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the industry. More specifically, this study examines hospitality and tourism AI research trends in hospitality and tourism customer service experience creation and delivery, service failure and recovery, human resources and organizational behavior. Based on the review, this study identifies the challenges and opportunities and provides directions for future studies.

emerald.com

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