AI Updates on 2025-05-08

Alibaba introduces Qwen3 family of eight open large language models, including two mixture-of-experts (MoE) models and six dense models ranging from 32B to 0.6B parameters, supporting reasoning mode and 119 languages @DeepLearningAI
Meta introduces Meta Locate 3D, a model for accurate object localization in 3D environments to help robots understand surroundings and interact with humans @AIatMeta

Research shows GPT-4o makes up citations to papers, with bias towards shorter titles and famous papers, though error rates appear lower for Deep Research models @emollick
Base language models outperform aligned models at randomness and creativity, suggesting alignment doesn't only extract abilities hidden in pretraining but also hides other abilities @stanfordnlp
Google DeepMind's AI co-scientist validated for liver fibrosis research, successfully identifying HDAC inhibitor Vorinostat as having significant anti-fibrotic effects in human liver organoid models @demishassabis
Tsinghua University researchers reportedly developed a method for AI to generate its own training data, surpassing performance of models trained on expert human-curated data @garrytan

Gemini 2.5 can comprehend video content, allowing users to record app explanations, upload to YouTube, and prompt "Build me this" for AI to understand and recreate the application @deedydas @sundarpichai
ChatGPT's deep research tool now connects to GitHub repositories, allowing users to ask questions about code while the agent reads and searches source code and PRs @OpenAI
Meta and NVIDIA integrate NVIDIA cuVS into Faiss v1.10 for vector search on GPUs, boosting build times by up to 4.7x and reducing search latency by up to 8.1x @AIatMeta
Replit launches Notion integration allowing users to connect Notion databases to create customer support pages with AI chatbots trained on support docs @amasad
Google launches implicit caching in the Gemini API, enabling 75% cost savings when requests hit cache, with lowered minimum token requirements @LoganKilpatrick @sundarpichai
Microsoft integrates Copilot into GroupMe chat app, bringing GPT-4o image generation capabilities directly into group conversations @mustafasuleyman
Wells Fargo implemented Microsoft Teams Agent for 35,000 bankers across 4,000 branches, cutting response times for internal questions from 10 minutes to 30 seconds @Microsoft

OpenAI expands leadership team with Fidji Simo as CEO of Applications, allowing Sam Altman to increase focus on research, compute, and safety as the company approaches superintelligence @sama
ChatGPT was the only website among the top 10 most visited to grow in April compared to March @aidan_mclau
Bill Gates announces plan to give away virtually all his wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years @BillGates
Soumith Chintala takes on role of leading Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) at Meta @soumithchintala
AI Fund closes $190M for new fund to co-found AI companies, focusing on speed as the critical factor for startup success @AndrewYNg
OpenAI reportedly considering offering a lifetime subscription @AndrewCurran_
The true cost of running Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview benchmark was higher than initially reported $6.32, with the new 05-06 version costing $37 to run the benchmark @aidan_mclau

Sam Altman testifies that people are increasingly relying on AI for life advice and emotional support, noting "it's not all bad, but we have to understand it and watch it very carefully" @AndrewCurran_
UN releases 200-page report examining AI through the lens of global human development, taking an opinionated approach to the technology's impacts @random_walker
Position paper accepted to ICML 2025 outlines steps needed to enable user-centric AI agents that safeguard user autonomy and privacy rather than being controlled by big tech companies @random_walker
Stanford students reflect on why the anticipated "EdTech Revolution" hasn't happened two years after ChatGPT's release, questioning who AI education tools are being designed for and who bears the risks @StanfordHAI
Sam Altman expresses concerns about EU regulations potentially preventing deployment of "great models and services that are quite safe and robust" due to lengthy approval processes @AndrewCurran_