The US government initiates an 'AI Manhattan Project' consolidating private sector resources and investing a fraction of GDP, aiming for a 2e29 FLOP training run by 2027, around 500 times larger than the most compute-intensive model to date and 10,000 times larger than GPT-4.
Researchers from prominent universities are exploiting flaws in AI-aided peer review systems by inserting secret prompts in academic papers to receive positive reviews, a practice known as prompt injection that raises concerns about research integrity and academic publishing quality.
In a clash of AI strategies at Meta, Zuckerberg launches Meta Superintelligence Labs to aggressively pursue superintelligence development, contrasting with Chief AI Scientist LeCun's cautious, open-source approach focused on 'world models' and animal-level intelligence.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies reports he offered top AI talent from OpenAI massive compensation packages worth up to $300 million, with up to $100 million vesting in the first year, as Meta continues to aggressively hire AI researchers from OpenAI.
In a bold move, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveils Meta Superintelligence Labs, poaching top AI talent from rivals like OpenAI and Google to spearhead development of cutting-edge foundation models and AI products under the new division.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fiercely criticizes Meta's aggressive AI talent recruitment, vowing that 'missionaries will prevail' over 'mercenaries' in the race to develop artificial general intelligence, as OpenAI evaluates compensation to retain researchers.
Mark Zuckerberg unveils Meta's 'superintelligence' division, poaching top AI researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and Sesame, aiming to deliver 'personal superintelligence for everyone'.
In a groundbreaking development, a new class of autonomous AI systems called Deep Research agents is revolutionizing autonomous analysis through dynamic reasoning, adaptive planning, multi-hop information retrieval, iterative tool use, and generation of structured analytical reports utilizing advanced techniques.
OpenAI leadership defiantly vows to combat Meta's aggressive poaching of its top researchers, promising higher compensation and creative retention tactics as the AI lab shifts focus to achieving artificial general intelligence over product rollouts.
A groundbreaking AI model called AlphaGenome revolutionizes the prediction of how genetic variations impact gene regulation, offering high-resolution insights across various molecular properties and cell types, achieving state-of-the-art performance for disease understanding and genomic research.