Emboldens Open Source

DeepSeek's breakthrough emboldens open-source AI models like Meta's Llama

DeepSeek's success represents a victory for open-source artificial intelligence models such as Meta's Llama, industry experts told CNBC.

CNBC - 7h

The source of middle class anxiety

Higher costs lower the returns to ambition in the west

Financial Times - 2d

Sam Altman admits OpenAI was ‘on the wrong side of history’ in open source debate

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, admits the company was "on the wrong side of history" in the open source AI debate during a Reddit AMA, signaling a potential strategy shift as Chinese competitor ...

VentureBeat - 3d

Mistral Small 3 brings open-source AI to the masses — smaller, faster and cheaper

French AI startup Mistral unveils a breakthrough 24B parameter language model that matches the performance of models three times its size, challenging tech giants with faster speeds and lower ...

VentureBeat - 4d

Ai2 releases Tülu 3, a fully open-source model that bests DeepSeek v3, GPT-4o with novel post-training approach

DeepSeek-R1 released model code and pre-trained weights but not training data. Ai2 is taking a different approach to be more open.

VentureBeat - 4d

Ex-Google, Apple engineers launch unconditionally open source Oumi AI platform that could help to build the next DeepSeek

Existing open-source AI approaches are still not entirely open, which is a challenge that former Google and Apple engineers alongside a coalition of 13 universities are looking to solve.

VentureBeat - 5d

Sources: Kings to open up talks on Fox trade

The Sacramento Kings are expected to open talks for a potential De'Aaron Fox trade ahead of the Feb. 6 deadline, sources told ESPN.

ESPN - 6d

Sources: Kings open to dealing All-Star De'Aaron Fox ahead of trade deadline

Are Fox's days in Sacramento numbered?

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Jack Dorsey is back with Goose, a new, ultra-simple open-source AI agent-building platform from his startup Block

Goose’s capabilities are enhanced through Block’s collaboration with Anthropic, a leading AI safety and research company.

VentureBeat - 6d

The stock market ‘is telling us that cheap, open-source AI is a good thing’ after DeepSeek rout

Investors aren’t ignoring the upsides of cheaper AI models despite Monday’s DeepSeek-inspired stock-market panic.

MarketWatch - 6d

China’s emboldened AI industry releases flurry of model updates

Success of DeepSeek inspires confidence as latest products are pushed out ahead of lunar new year holiday

Financial Times - Jan. 28

Sources: Snyder 'hates' Commanders success

Sources close to the ex-Commanders owner say he remains in denial over what led to his ouster from the NFL.

ESPN - Jan. 25

Fears grow that Trump's Jan. 6 pardons might embolden extremists

Experts are warning that President Trump's decision to issue blanket pardons for Jan. 6 defendants could embolden other extremists. CBS News political reporter Jake Rosen has more.

CBS News - Jan. 24

Scale AI CEO says China has quickly caught the U.S. with the DeepSeek open-source model

Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, said Thursday that the AI race between the U.S. and China is an "AI war."

CNBC - Jan. 23

GOP-led states emboldened to roll back trans rights. Dems struggle with response

Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care

ABC News - Jan. 22

Jon Stewart on tech moguls at Trump inauguration: 'Are we just open-source Illuminati now?'

Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday criticized the appearance of tech moguls at President Trump’s inauguration. “Yes, taking the place of seats normally reserved for Democratic or Republican governors, ...

The Hill - Jan. 21

Open-source DeepSeek-R1 uses pure reinforcement learning to match OpenAI o1 — at 95% less cost

The company developed DeepSeek-R1 by using pure reinforcement learning on top of DeepSeek-V3-Base, and matched or beat o1 on some benchmarks.

VentureBeat - Jan. 20

Brooklyn trio raises $10 million for startup that wants to help open-source developers get paid

Out of the old Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn, a trio of techies has raised $10 million for Merit Systems to focus on fixing an open-source problem.

CNBC - Jan. 16

Azerbaijan’s Leader, Emboldened, Picks a Rare Fight With Putin

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.

The New York Times - Jan. 16

MiniMax unveils its own open-source LLM with industry-leading 4M token context

LLM MiniMax-Text-o1 is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context window — equivalent to a small library.

VentureBeat - Jan. 14

US leadership in AI requires open-source diplomacy

Rather than treating open models as a threat, the new administration should embrace them as an opportunity.

The Hill - Jan. 12

Sources: Arsenal's Jorginho in Palmeiras talks

Arsenal midfielder Jorginho's representative has held exploratory talks with Palmeiras as uncertainty grows over his future at Emirates Stadium, sources have told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 10

Sources: Moyes in line to replace Dyche at Everton

David Moyes is on the verge of sealing a return to Everton after talks with the club's new owners, who fired manager Sean Dyche on Thursday, sources have told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 10

Sources: Georgia QB Beck enters transfer portal

Georgia quarterback Carson Beck, who declared for the NFL draft last month, has now entered the NCAA transfer portal, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.

ESPN - Jan. 10

Sources: Belichick, UNC get UConn transfer Yates

UConn defensive lineman Pryce Yates signed with North Carolina, sources told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 9

Sources: Amad agrees new Man United contract

Manchester United have agreed terms on a new contract for Amad Diallo, sources have told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 9

Sources: Pumas in talks for Houston's Carrasquilla

Liga MX side Pumas UNAM is in discussions with Houston Dynamo FC regarding the possible acquisition of Panama international midfielder Adalberto Carrasquilla, sources confirmed to ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 9

Sources: Banchero returning from torn oblique

Magic star Paolo Banchero is expected to return to action in one of Orlando's back-to-back home games Thursday against Minnesota or Friday against Milwaukee, sources told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 8

Source: Cowboys deny Bears' McCarthy request

The Cowboys have denied permission to the Bears to interview coach Mike McCarthy, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday.

ESPN - Jan. 8

Sources: AC Milan, Dortmund to target Rashford

Manchester United are expecting formal loan offers from AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund for Marcus Rashford, sources have told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 8

Source: Galatasaray eye summer Gündogan move

Galatasaray are plotting a summer move for Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gündogan, a source has told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 8

Microsoft makes powerful Phi-4 model fully open-source on Hugging Face

Phi-4 demonstrates that smaller, well-designed models can achieve comparable or superior results compared with larger models.

VentureBeat - Jan. 8

Sources: Verlander, Giants agree to 1-year deal

Justin Verlander agreed to a one-year, $15 million contract with the San Francisco Giants, sources told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 8

Source: Sorensen out as DC amid 49ers' revamp

The 49ers removed Nick Sorensen from his role as defensive coordinator Tuesday night but hope to retain him in a different post, a source said.

ESPN - Jan. 8

Sources: Quakes send GK Ochoa to Cruz Azul

The San Jose Earthquakes has agreed terms with Cruz Azul to transfer goalkeeper Emmanuel Ochoa to the Liga MX side, sources tell ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 8

Source: City eye deal for £50m-rated Marmoush

Manchester City are exploring a deal to sign striker Omar Marmoush, a source has told ESPN, but accept that it will be difficult to prise him away from Eintracht Frankfurt.

ESPN - Jan. 7

Sources: Bears ask to talk to Cowboys' McCarthy

The Bears have requested permission to interview Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and are awaiting a response from Dallas, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and Todd Archer on Monday.

ESPN - Jan. 7

Sources: A's keep spending with Rooker extension

Designated hitter Brent Rooker and the Athletics are in agreement on a five-year, $60 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, continuing a winter of uncharacteristic spending with a ...

ESPN - Jan. 7

Source: City in talks to sign Lens CB Khusanov

Manchester City are in talks with RC Lens over a January deal for centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov, a source has told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 6

Source: Georgia QB Rashada entering portal again

Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada plans to enter the transfer portal once again after not appearing in a game for the Bulldogs this season, a source told ESPN.

ESPN - Jan. 5

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