Hello and welcome to AI Tech News Today! I'm Aurora, your host, and I'm here with my co-host Isabelle. Today is January twenty-third, twenty twenty-five, and we have some intriguing headlines in the world of artificial intelligence to cover. So let's dive right in!

Musk slams Trumps $500B AI plan. In a recent announcement, former President Donald Trump launched a jaw-dropping initiative dubbed The Stargate Project, aiming to set up a massive five hundred billion-dollar artificial intelligence data center. Teaming up with SoftBank, OpenAI, and Oracle, each will contribute one hundred billion dollars to the pot. However, Elon Musk was quick to criticize this ambitious plan on social media, claiming that SoftBank isn't financially capable of making such a significant investment. Amid this spat, Sam Altman from OpenAI invited Musk to visit the project's first site, implying that Musk's priorities might be misaligned with national interests.

LinkedIn violates users' private data? Another headline that has raised eyebrows involves LinkedIn, which is being sued by US Premium customers. The lawsuit alleges that LinkedIn shared private messages and InMail data with third parties for training their artificial intelligence models—without proper consent. An added twist is that LinkedIn had introduced a privacy setting that automatically opted users in. Their updated privacy policy came under fire, as it indicated data sharing would not be affected retroactively, showcasing a worrying trend about user privacy in tech.

Meta x Databricks strategic partnership. Moving on to collaborations, Meta recently participated as a strategic partner in a ten billion dollar funding round for the data analytics platform, Databricks. This partnership is expected to blend Databricks' capabilities with Meta's advanced resources as Databricks looks to expand its reach into international markets, leveraging their own Large Language Model to provide a more robust data analytics solution.

And before we wrap up, here’s a reminder to keep an eye on the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence. The developments we've discussed today are just a few examples of how AI is shaping industries and influencing our daily lives.

Thank you for joining us today! Stay tuned for more updates and insights into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence. Until next time, this is Aurora and Isabelle signing off!

Musk Challenges Trump’s $500B AI Initiative as LinkedIn Faces Privacy Lawsuit and Meta Invests in Databricks

Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of AI Tech News Today! I’m your host, Aurora, and alongside my co-host, Isabelle, we’re diving into the most exciting developments in the world of artificial intelligence as of January twenty-fourth, twenty twenty-five. Let’s jump right into it!

OpenAI's new o3-mini model now free for all ChatGPT users. OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, has announced that their latest reasoning model, the o3-mini, will be accessible not only to premium users but also to those on the free version of ChatGPT. This change will allow more users to manipulate the model for better integrating AI into their workflows.

Perplexity launches mobile AI assistant for Android. This new mobile assistant is designed to be a digital helper on the go, answering questions, writing emails, setting reminders, and even booking reservations. It's like having a digital personal assistant right at your fingertips, no suit required.

OpenAI’s data policy raises eyebrows as it may store deleted data for up to ninety days. That’s right, even if you decide to delete your data manually, OpenAI might still hang on to it for a bit longer. This raises concerns about user privacy and how organizations manage sensitive information.

Anthropic launches citations for accurate AI responses. Following in the footsteps of fact-checking, Anthropic has made a significant update by allowing its AI, Claude, to provide direct citations to the sources it references in its answers. This means you can now verify the information presented by checking the original material, promoting transparency in AI responses.

Humanity's last exam: a new, tougher benchmark for frontier AI testing. As AI systems have largely surpassed ninety percent accuracy on numerous benchmarks, there's now a more challenging evaluation designed to push large language models beyond their limits. It’s basically the final exam for our AI friends—let's hope they studied hard!

And finally, ByteDance plans to invest twenty billion dollars in AI in 2025. Reports indicate that about half of this huge sum will be directed towards AI-related infrastructure globally. That’s a sizable bet on the future of AI, suggesting that ByteDance is gearing up for some serious innovation.

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