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Happy Thursday, AI family, and welcome back to AI Valley.

In today’s edition:

• China's new ‘reasoning' AI model to rival OpenAI

• OpenAI is launching ChatGPT's Live Video feature

• Plus trending AI tools, posts, and resources

Ready, set, go…

NEW LLM

China's new ‘reasoning' AI model to rival OpenAI

DeepSeek from China unveils the R1-Lite-Preview, a "reasoning" AI model that rivals and surpasses OpenAI's o1-preview in various benchmarks.

Here's what you need to know:

• R1-Lite-Preview uses "chain-of-thought" reasoning to walk through tasks, plan ahead, and perform multiple actions before arriving at an answer.

• The model provides full transparency into its reasoning process, showing detailed logical steps in real time, unlike OpenAI’s summarized approach.

• It matches OpenAI's o1-preview on benchmarks like AIME and MATH, which test LLMs logical and mathematical reasoning skills.

• The model is free to use via DeepSeek Chat, but the advanced "Deep Thought" mode is limited to 50 messages per day.

• Deep Seek plans to release open-source versions of its R1 models and associated APIs soon.

Why it matters:

This move aligns with DeepSeek's open-source commitment, enhancing AI transparency and scalability. The future release of the full R1 model will allow further customization and improve the reasoning process over time.

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SIDE UPDATES

🎮️ AI-Based World Simulator "The Matrix" Launched

A new AI-powered world simulator called "The Matrix" has been officially launched by a Chinese team. It can infinitely generate high-fidelity 720p real scene videos, supporting real-time interaction. The simulator allows users to control video scenes at 16 frames per second, with zero-shot generalization to predict object behavior in different environments.

💰️ Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $5B, Hits $50B Valuation

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has raised $5 billion in its latest funding round, doubling its valuation to $50 billion. This brings xAI’s total funding for the year to $11 billion, following a $6 billion round in the spring. The company plans to use part of the new funds to purchase 100,000 Nvidia chips to accelerate AI model training.

🤖 The U.S. Wants a Manhattan Project for AGI

Congress is planning massive investments in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to outpace China's rapid AI progress. A new report suggests defense-level funding and stricter regulations on Chinese involvement in U.S. tech sectors like biotech and IoT. With China leveraging vast data ecosystems and a large AI talent pool, the U.S. aims to ramp up efforts to maintain a competitive edge.

✍️ GPT-4o got a “Creative Writing” update

OpenAI recently released an update to their 4o model. The new 4o version, named on November 20th, was previously spotted on LMArena as an anonymous chatbot. According to evaluations, it delivers excellent results and performs particularly well in the creative writing category.

💸 Sam Altman Leads $150M Investment in Potential NVIDIA Rival

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is leading a $150 million funding round for chip startup Rain AI, which could value the company at $600 million. Rain AI claims its processors are more energy-efficient and powerful than NVIDIA’s. The company has also hired former Apple executive Jean-Didier Allegrucci to strengthen its hardware team.

CHATGPT

OpenAI is launching ChatGPT's Live Video feature

New beta code hints that OpenAI might be gearing up to release its highly anticipated live vision capabilities for ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode.

Here’s what we know:

• The "Live Camera" feature found in the latest beta build allows ChatGPT to process real-time visual input, analyzing surroundings and interacting naturally about what it “sees.”

• OpenAI first showcased this tech in May 2024, impressing users with its ability to recognize objects like dogs and balls, connect them through context (e.g., fetch), and respond seamlessly.

• While limited alpha testing gave a few users a sneak peek, broader access has been elusive—until now.

• The beta also includes safety warnings, advising against using Live Camera for critical tasks like navigation or health-related decisions.

Why it matters:

Live vision could redefine how we use AI, bridging the gap between virtual assistants and real-world interactions. While there’s no official timeline yet, this upgrade could be a game-changer for productivity and convenience.

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• Latest ChatGPT-4 jailbreak [Link]

• How to make money on Internet using AI [Link]

• How to use Julius AI to create insane data visualization. Upload a file, and it creates a 3D world map to show the happiness index for each country [Link]

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• How Domain-Specific AI Agents will shape the industrial world in the next 10 years [Link]

CONTENT CORNER

Meetings are a problem of the past.

After raising $220M, HCompany AI just introduced an agent that can execute any task from a prompt.

YouTube will now auto dub videos in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Hindi, Indonesian and Japanese.

Someone is using a team of 10 AI agents to write a fully autonomous book.

THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY

That’s all for today’s issue, folks.

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