Links for 2025-02-08
AI:
1. Sam Altman Dialogue at UTokyo: Altman says OpenAI have an internal AI model that ranks as the 50th best competitive programmer in the world and by the end of 2025 their model will be ranked #1. He says in 2035, a single AI data center will have the same intellectual capacity as all humans plus AI currently on Earth combined. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmfkUb2uIY
2. GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-the-agent-awakens/
3. Database-Augmented Transformer-Based Large Language Models Achieve High Accuracy in Mapping Gene-Phenotype Relationships https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.28.635344v1
4. DeepPrep: an accelerated, scalable and robust pipeline for neuroimaging preprocessing empowered by deep learning https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02599-1
5. A Probabilistic Inference Approach to Inference-Time Scaling of LLMs using Particle-Based Monte Carlo Methods https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01618
6. BOLT: Bootstrap Long Chain-of-Thought in Language Models without Distillation https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03860
7. Value-Based Deep RL Scales Predictably https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04327
8. ReAG - Reasoning Augmented Generation https://github.com/superagent-ai/reag
9. Learn how to use Gemini 2.0 to convert PDF into structured JSON data. https://www.philschmid.de/gemini-pdf-to-data
10. Advancing Reasoning in Large Language Models: Promising Methods and Approaches https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03671
11. Syntriever: How to Train Your Retriever with Synthetic Data from LLMs https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03824
12. DeepSeek AI Runs Near Instantaneously on These Weird Chips https://cerebras.ai/blog/cerebras-launches-worlds-fastest-deepseek-r1-llama-70b-inference
13. DARPA program on AI for pure mathematics https://sam.gov/opp/4def3c13ca3947069b1779e7ff697c6a/view
AI investments:
1. Amazon will invest $100 billion in infrastructure this year, mostly in artificial intelligence https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-06/amazon-projects-profit-missing-estimates-on-rising-ai-spending [no paywall: https://archive.is/Oz9Wd]
2. UAE to invest billions in France AI data center https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/02/06/uae-to-invest-billions-in-france-ai-data-center_6737871_7.html
3. Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence Inc is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of at least $20 billion. https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-co-founder-sutskevers-ssi-talks-be-valued-20-bln-sources-say-2025-02-07/ [no paywall: https://archive.is/Nkgrd]
4. Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic’s financing is oversubscribed and on track to be larger than expected, exceeding the $2 billion fundraising that was previously reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/general-catalyst-mgx-in-talks-to-join-anthropic-megaround [no paywall: https://archive.is/b9gro]
5. DeepSeek fever fuels patriotic bets on Chinese AI stocks https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/deepseek-fever-fuels-patriotic-bets-chinese-ai-stocks-2025-02-06/ [no paywall: https://archive.is/5KSJe]
Science and Technology:
1. New laser-based artificial neuron processes enormous data sets at high speed https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/new-laser-based-artificial-neuron-processes-enormous-data-sets-at-high-speed
2. A high-quality online IQ test normed with a nationally representative US sample. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdS6gYnnk30
3. Active agent against cancer metastasis discovered: Adhibin prevents migration and attachment to other cells https://phys.org/news/2025-02-agent-cancer-metastasis-adhibin-migration.html
4. CiFi: A significant advancement in the field of genomics because it allows scientists to study DNA organization and interactions in more detail than previously possible. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635566v1
5. Terence Tao on how we measure the cosmos | Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOXS_9_P4U
AI:
1. Sam Altman Dialogue at UTokyo: Altman says OpenAI have an internal AI model that ranks as the 50th best competitive programmer in the world and by the end of 2025 their model will be ranked #1. He says in 2035, a single AI data center will have the same intellectual capacity as all humans plus AI currently on Earth combined. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmfkUb2uIY
2. GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-the-agent-awakens/
3. Database-Augmented Transformer-Based Large Language Models Achieve High Accuracy in Mapping Gene-Phenotype Relationships https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.28.635344v1
4. DeepPrep: an accelerated, scalable and robust pipeline for neuroimaging preprocessing empowered by deep learning https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-025-02599-1
5. A Probabilistic Inference Approach to Inference-Time Scaling of LLMs using Particle-Based Monte Carlo Methods https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01618
6. BOLT: Bootstrap Long Chain-of-Thought in Language Models without Distillation https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03860
7. Value-Based Deep RL Scales Predictably https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04327
8. ReAG - Reasoning Augmented Generation https://github.com/superagent-ai/reag
9. Learn how to use Gemini 2.0 to convert PDF into structured JSON data. https://www.philschmid.de/gemini-pdf-to-data
10. Advancing Reasoning in Large Language Models: Promising Methods and Approaches https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03671
11. Syntriever: How to Train Your Retriever with Synthetic Data from LLMs https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03824
12. DeepSeek AI Runs Near Instantaneously on These Weird Chips https://cerebras.ai/blog/cerebras-launches-worlds-fastest-deepseek-r1-llama-70b-inference
13. DARPA program on AI for pure mathematics https://sam.gov/opp/4def3c13ca3947069b1779e7ff697c6a/view
AI investments:
1. Amazon will invest $100 billion in infrastructure this year, mostly in artificial intelligence https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-06/amazon-projects-profit-missing-estimates-on-rising-ai-spending [no paywall: https://archive.is/Oz9Wd]
2. UAE to invest billions in France AI data center https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/02/06/uae-to-invest-billions-in-france-ai-data-center_6737871_7.html
3. Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence Inc is in talks to raise funding at a valuation of at least $20 billion. https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-co-founder-sutskevers-ssi-talks-be-valued-20-bln-sources-say-2025-02-07/ [no paywall: https://archive.is/Nkgrd]
4. Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic’s financing is oversubscribed and on track to be larger than expected, exceeding the $2 billion fundraising that was previously reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-07/general-catalyst-mgx-in-talks-to-join-anthropic-megaround [no paywall: https://archive.is/b9gro]
5. DeepSeek fever fuels patriotic bets on Chinese AI stocks https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/deepseek-fever-fuels-patriotic-bets-chinese-ai-stocks-2025-02-06/ [no paywall: https://archive.is/5KSJe]
Science and Technology:
1. New laser-based artificial neuron processes enormous data sets at high speed https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/new-laser-based-artificial-neuron-processes-enormous-data-sets-at-high-speed
2. A high-quality online IQ test normed with a nationally representative US sample. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdS6gYnnk30
3. Active agent against cancer metastasis discovered: Adhibin prevents migration and attachment to other cells https://phys.org/news/2025-02-agent-cancer-metastasis-adhibin-migration.html
4. CiFi: A significant advancement in the field of genomics because it allows scientists to study DNA organization and interactions in more detail than previously possible. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.31.635566v1
5. Terence Tao on how we measure the cosmos | Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOXS_9_P4U