The narrative of AI is not over yet. This week is the most important week in the field of artificial intelligence, from the new image generation of GPT-4o to breakthroughs in AI training in China, with AI driving cancer detection.
Here are the 6 biggest AI news stories of the week:
1. Google has launched the smartest AI to date, Gemini 2.5.
Its main advantages are:
- Coding
- Reasoning
It easily took the top spot in LMArena.
2. OpenAI introduced image generation of GPT-4o in ChatGPT, sparking a wave of Studio Ghibli-style AI photos and videos. It even gave rise to some meme coins such as 'Ghibli-fied'.
3. Boston Dynamics released a crazy teaser for the Atlas robot, showcasing its breakdancing, crawling, and even cartwheel movements.
4. Breakthroughs in cancer research! Japanese researchers have designed a hydrogel that can force cancer cells to revert to a stem cell state in just 24 hours.
5. AI training: Ant Group has made breakthroughs in AI training, achieving a 20% cost reduction with the help of Alibaba and Huawei's chips.
6. DeepSeek launched DeepSeek-V3.
It outperformed GPT-3.5 Sonnet and is comparable to Claude 3.7 in coding and mathematics, with exceptional reasoning capabilities.