Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise | | | Good morning, AI enthusiasts. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just stirred social media with a six-word tweet on nearing the singularity—which is often referred to as the point at which AI surpasses human intelligence and sparks unstoppable progress. | With recent o3 breakthroughs and other cryptic posts from researchers, is something big brewing behind closed doors? | | In today's AI rundown: | Altman posts cryptic singularity commentary Microsoft plans $80B AI infrastructure investment Solve complex problems with advanced AI reasoning Patients control AI and robotics with thought 4 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs More AI & tech news
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| | | | OPENAI | |  | Image source: Bloomberg |
| The Rundown: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman kicked off 2025 with a mysterious six-word tweet suggesting humanity might be closer to or even past the technological singularity — with another researcher also hinting at the ability to create superintelligence. | The details: | Altman's tweet read "near the singularity; unclear which side", with the event typically referring to a point in which AI advances become uncontrollable. He later clarified the message could be interpreted through either a simulation hypothesis lens or commentary on identifying the exact moment of AI takeoff. The commentary comes on the heels of OpenAI's o3 model announcement, which reached new highs across math, reasoning, and coding benchmarks. OpenAI researcher Stephen McAleer added to speculation with a tweet about missing doing AI research "before [they] knew how to create superintelligence."
| Why it matters: Sam Altman and OpenAI are no strangers to drumming up hype on social media, and we've moved from AGI to superintelligence to crossing the technological singularity. But with the company's recent breakthroughs and Altman's previous speculation, who knows what's going on behind closed doors. |
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| | TOGETHER WITH VANTA | | | The Rundown: Join Vanta for a fireside chat with CEO Christina Cacioppo and "The Lean Startup" author Eric Ries to gain insights on navigating product-market fit, delegation, and scaling startups in the age of AI. | The Jan. 14 session will cover: | Key takeaways from Christina and Eric's entrepreneurial journeys How the principles of "founder mode" and lean methodology intersect The ways AI is transforming early-stage growth and startup success
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| | MICROSOFT | |  | Image source: Microsoft |
| The Rundown: Microsoft just published a new blog outlining an $80B investment plan for AI data center infrastructure in 2025, alongside a detailed overview of the company's vision for American leadership in AI. | The details: | Over half of the $80B investment will be focused on U.S.-based AI data centers, an increase from last year's $50B spent on infrastructure. President Brad Smith outlined a three-pronged strategy: advancing American AI tech, expanding workforce AI skills, and promoting U.S. AI exports globally. Smith also advocated for balanced government oversight that protects security while allowing U.S. companies to compete against Chinese competitors.
| Why it matters: Eye-popping sums continue to flow into the AI infrastructure boom — and with a new, seemingly more AI-forward administration entering office in weeks, the race is on for U.S. tech giants to position accordingly for what could be the biggest economic driver of growth in history. |
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| | AI TRAINING | | | The Rundown: DeepSeek's new 'DeepThink' feature breaks down complex problems into smaller, manageable steps for better understanding and solutions. | Step-by-step: | Visit DeepSeek's website and click "Start Now". Select the DeepThink button in the chat interface for advanced reasoning mode. Present a complex scenario with multiple variables and decision points. Use the step-by-step analysis to understand and implement solutions.
| Pro tip: Try comparing solutions across scenarios to understand the underlying reasoning patterns. This helps build better problem-solving skills for future challenges. |
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| | PRESENTED BY UNSTRUCTURED | | | The Rundown: Join Unstructured for a live session on how to fuel your vector search and training pipelines with clean, structured data — a key necessity for building great GenAI apps. | Join the live webinar on Jan. 22 to learn how to: | Efficiently convert documents like text, tables, images, and more into JSON Build scalable ETL pipelines with multiple data sources and destinations See a live code demo of actionable steps to unlock internal business data
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| | NEUROXESS | |  | Image source: CCTV |
| The Rundown: NeuroXess just reported two advances in brain-computer interface (BCI) tech, enabling patients to control devices and communicate through thought, in addition to the first real-time decoding of Chinese language from brain signals. | The details: | An epilepsy patient achieved 71% accuracy in converting thoughts to Chinese using 142 common syllables, with response times under 100 milliseconds. The system's flexible interface allowed the patient to control smartphones, smart home devices, and robotic arms within days of implantation. Patients operated digital avatars and interacted with AI models through thought alone, in what the company calls the first "mind-to-AI large model".
| Why it matters: 2024 was a breakthrough year for BCI technology with Neuralink's rapid advances, but Elon Musk's startup is not the only game in town. With BCIs now interacting with AI, operating robots, and even decoding communication, the applications are endless for improving the lives of those with neurological conditions. |
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| | | Nvidia robotics VP Deepu Talla said that the 'ChatGPT moment for physical AI and robotics is right around the corner', coming as the chipmaker revealed plans for its next-gen Jetson Thor computers for humanoid robots launching in 2025. | Meta abruptly removed its AI-generated social media character profiles after users discovered and criticized the chatbots for problematic responses, leading to platform-wide search restrictions. | Elon Musk teased that Grok 3 is 'coming soon', saying that pretraining is already complete and features 10x the compute of the current Grok 2 model. | Google published a new whitepaper on AI agents, detailing a new architecture allowing AI models to autonomously use external tools and APIs while maintaining real-time decision control. | Samsung revealed Samsung Food, a new feature on its TVs that uses AI to recognize food items on a TV screen and help users find recipes for them. | New benchmark testing revealed that AI agents can autonomously complete 24% of real-world workplace tasks in software environments, with Claude 3.5 Sonnet leading performance across admin, coding, and project management areas. |
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| | | | That's it for today!Before you go we'd love to know what you thought of today's newsletter to help us improve The Rundown experience for you. | | See you soon, | Rowan, Joey, Zach, Alvaro, and Jason—The Rundown's editorial team |
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