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MiniMax founder: we will keep open-sourcing until AGI, profit by cutting inference costs
In a rare public interview, MiniMax's founder said the company will keep open-sourcing until AGI is achieved and will profit by lowering inference costs rather than raising prices.
METR evaluates whether AI accelerates AI R&D with Anthropic's cooperation, most evidence redacted
US nonprofit research institute METR published a report, with Anthropic's cooperation, assessing whether AI is accelerating AI R&D, but most of the supporting evidence was redacted.
Perplexity launches Teammates, always-on AI agents for work
Perplexity has launched Teammates, always-on AI agents aimed at work tasks, taking on OpenAI and Anthropic in the workplace agent market.
Google-spinout team releases 65B open-weight model, beating models about 8x larger on coding
Ricursive Intelligence, founded by former Google researchers, released an open-weight model that outperforms AI models with about 8x more parameters on coding benchmarks, at roughly one-tenth the development cost of leading models.
Mistral strengthens AI code generation business with new acquisition
According to Les Echos, Mistral is accelerating its push into AI code generation through a new acquisition, adding capability via M&A rather than relying solely on in-house development.