A new set of much more challenging evals has emerged in response, created by companies, nonprofits, and governments. Yet even on the most advanced evals, AI systems are making astonishing progress. In November,

David Baker was the only American scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

While executives work out the ramifications of AI for their organizations, individuals need to ensure that they benefit rather than lose from the technology.

The key is well-targeted efforts and regulations to keep AI safe and fair. “Regulations regarding smaller, specialized AI models would make more sense because it is those models that bring the most harm and threats such as models for deepfakes that are creating misinformation,” De Cremer said.

Palantir is a “rare cult with no sex and very little drugs and we’re not poisoning anyone,” quipped its billionaire CEO in a recent sitdown.

Chinese artificial-intelligence startups are using workarounds to challenge OpenAI despite a lack of access to advanced chips.

Congress will try to spur AI growth and mitigate harms next year. But passing legislation will be an uphill battle

Once an icon of the 20th century seen as obsolete in the 21st, Encyclopaedia Britannica—now known as just Britannica— is all in on artificial intelligence, and may soon go public at a valuation of nearly $1 billion, according to the New York Times.

All of the major phone makers are at fault. Samsung opened the year with its Galaxy S24 launch in January, declaring “Galaxy AI is here” at a hockey arena-appropriate volume. To be sure, the devices it announced are good smartphones, and they run a blend of Samsung and Google’s Gemini Nano models on-device, but I wouldn’t call them AI smartphones.

Ishani Singh created Girls Rule AI after attending a computer science competition where she was the only girl.

Demand for workers with AI skills is likely to continue to grow in 2025 as tech and non-tech firms seek workers in areas from sales to implementation.

Databricks' VP of AI, Naveen Rao, told Command Line that there are likely less than 1,000 people capable of building frontier AI models.