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Today’s Insights:

  • Microsoft gives OpenAI some breathing room

  • Another Chinese reasoning model takes on o1

  • Alphabet doubles down on Anthropic bet

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 1. Microsoft gives OpenAI some breathing room:

While the pair will keep their tight-knit relationship alive through at least 2030, Microsoft has agreed to let OpenAI look elsewhere for its infrastructure needs. Until now, the ChatGPT-maker had to use Azure exclusively for compute, which limited its ability to train new models. The new arrangement comes as both companies back Stargate, a $500B deal to build new data centers across the US.

2. Another Chinese reasoning model takes on o1:

This time, it’s ByteDance who’s hot on OpenAI’s heels. The TikTok owner unveiled Doubao-1.5-pro, which it says outperforms o1 on the leading AIME benchmark. It's the second major reasoning model to come out of China this week, with DeepSeek’s open-source R1 allegedly sweeping o1 across multiple tests on Monday. That lead might not last for long though as the US cracks down on the flow of powerful AI chips into the country.

3. Alphabet doubles down on Anthropic bet:

Anthropic has kept surprisingly quiet lately, but that’s finally changed with reports that Alphabet is pumping a fresh $1B into the Claude-maker, helping it boost its computing power. Still, Alphabet’s $3B stake in one of OpenAI’s biggest rivals trails Amazon’s $8B bet. With Lina Khan no longer at the FTC, this could be just the start, with more deals between Big Tech companies expected in the coming months.

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