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Artificial Intelligence (2025 - 02 - 22) Grok resets the AI race Just a few weeks after everyone freaked out about DeepSeek, Elon Musk’s Grok-3 has again shaken up the fast-moving AI race. The new model is ending the week at the top of the Chatbot Arena leaderboard, while the Grok iOS app is at the top of the App Store, just above ChatGPT.	Artificial Intelligence (2025 - 02 - 22) Is AI really thinking and reasoning — or just pretending to? The big story is: AI companies now claim that their models are capable of genuine reasoning - the type of thinking you and I do when we want to solve a problem. And the big question is: Is that true?	Artificial Intelligence (2025 - 02 - 22) Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Pumps the Brakes on AI Hype Fears of an artificial superintelligence that could replace humans are just a distraction at a time when ChatGPT still has major shortcomings.
Artificial Intelligence (2025 - 02 - 22) Is AI making us dumb? Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University recently published a study looking at how using generative AI at work affects critical thinking skills. "Used improperly, technologies can and do result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved," the paper states.	Artificial Intelligence (2025 - 02 - 05) Irony alert: Anthropic says applicants shouldn’t use LLMs We agree with Anthropic: People shouldn't use its AI to hide bad communication skills.	Artificial Intelligence (2025 - 01 - 26) DeepSeek R1’s bold bet on reinforcement learning: How it outpaced OpenAI at 3% of the cost DeepSeek R1’s Monday release has sent shockwaves through the AI community, disrupting assumptions about what’s required to achieve cutting-edge AI performance. Matching OpenAI's o1 at just 3%-5% of the cost, this open-source model has not only captivated developers but also challenges enterprises to rethink their AI strategies.
Artificial Intelligence (2025 - 01 - 26) OpenAI’s new anti-jobs program On Tuesday, I was thinking I might write a story about the implications of the Trump administration’s repeal of the Biden executive order on AI. (The biggest implication: that labs are no longer asked to report dangerous capabilities to the government, though they may do so anyway.) But then two bigger and more important AI stories dropped: one of them technical, and one of them economic.