DeepSeek-V3: New Open-Source AI Breakthrough

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AI is heating up, and things are moving fast.

This week, we’ve got some exciting updates DeepSeek-V3, a new open-source AI model, is taking on the big players at a fraction of the cost.

OpenAI is making major moves too, with a shift from a nonprofit to a public company, sparking a lot of talk.

Plus, Nvidia and ByteDance are making huge plays in the AI space.

So let’s dive in!

What’s Inside Today’s Newsletter

🪰 Buzz Around AI

🪄 AI Creation

🔹 AI Learning

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

📰 AI News

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🪰 Buzz Around AI

DeepSeek-V3: New Open-Source AI Breakthrough

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek just released DeepSeek-V3, a powerful new language model. It competes with top AI models but is much cheaper.

Key Points:

• V3 uses a special design called Mixture-of-Experts. It has 671 billion parameters but is still fast and cost-effective.

• The model was trained in two months for about $5.57 million, much cheaper than models like LLaMA 3.1, which cost over $500 million.

• DeepSeek-V3 excels in math and Chinese language tasks. It also performs well on most benchmarks compared to other top models.

• There are some concerns because the model identifies as ChatGPT in conversations. This might be due to using GPT-based data during training.

Why It Matters:
The gap between open-source and closed AI models is shrinking. Despite U.S. chip restrictions, Chinese models like V3 show that powerful, open-source AI can be developed without massive budgets.

🪄 AI Creation

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🔹AI Learning

🎥How to Turn Your Articles Into Video Podcasts Using HeyGen 

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Go to HeyGen’s Website
   Visit the HeyGen platform and login. From your dashboard, choose the “Video Podcast” option.

2. Upload Your Content
   You can upload your article or document as a PDF (up to 20MB) or provide a website URL with your content.

3. Select Your AI Presenters
   Choose two AI avatars to act as the presenters for your video podcast. You can also customize video settings, including:

   • Video duration

   • Aspect ratio

   • Captions

4. Submit and Generate Your Video
   After adjusting settings, click "Submit." Your video will be ready in just a few minutes.

Pro Tip:
For smoother, more natural discussions, structure your content before uploading. Use AI tools like ChatGPT to help turn your article into a script that flows well.

Now you’re all set to create your engaging video podcasts! 🎬

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

OpenAI Announces Major Restructuring Plans

OpenAI has revealed plans to shift from a nonprofit to a public benefit corporation (PBC). This change aims to raise large amounts of funding for future AI development.

Key Points:

• OpenAI's for-profit arm will become a PBC based in Delaware, while the nonprofit will hold significant shares in the new company.

• OpenAI says this will make the nonprofit one of the best-funded in history, helping support goals in healthcare, education, and science.

• The restructuring follows a $6.6 billion funding round, which valued OpenAI at $157 billion. This move was key to securing the funding.

• Elon Musk filed a lawsuit in December to block the change, and a nonprofit group, Encode, is also pushing to pause the process.

Why It Matters:
Since November 2023, OpenAI's structure has faced criticism, especially after board disputes. As the company moves ahead with this change, it will need to balance its mission-driven goals with the pressures of being a for-profit entity.

📰 AI News

1. Nvidia buys Run:ai
   Nvidia has completed the $700M purchase of the Israeli AI startup Run:ai. They also plan to make the company’s hardware optimization software open-source.

2. OpenAI explores robotics
   OpenAI is looking into humanoid robots. They may build on investments in Figure AI and 1x, and use their custom chips.

3. Google’s Logan Kilpatrick on ASI
   Logan Kilpatrick, a Google product lead, tweeted that artificial superintelligence (ASI) is becoming more likely. He says this is what Ilya Sutskever predicted when he left OpenAI.

4. ByteDance to invest in Nvidia
   ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, plans to invest $7B in Nvidia’s AI chips in 2025. They aim to use data centres outside the U.S. to avoid export restrictions on China.