Year in Review

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China’s AI Chip Industry Takes Root: China banned GPUs and TPUs from U.S. manufacturers to promote domestic chips
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China’s AI Chip Industry Takes Root: China banned GPUs and TPUs from U.S. manufacturers to promote domestic chips

The United States government’s effort to deprive China of AI computing power backfired as China turned the tables and banned U.S.-designed chips.

December 26, 20253 min read
Agents Write Code Faster, Cheaper: Software developers used more versatile AI-powered tools to write code
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Agents Write Code Faster, Cheaper: Software developers used more versatile AI-powered tools to write code

Coding apps moved beyond autofill-style code completion to agentic systems that manage a wide range of software development tasks.

December 26, 20253 min read
Thinking Models Solve Bigger Problems: Reasoning models, beginning with OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1, transformed the industry
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Thinking Models Solve Bigger Problems: Reasoning models, beginning with OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1, transformed the industry

Think step by step. Explain your reasoning. Work backwards from the answer. As 2025 began, models executed these reasoning strategies only when prompted. Now most new large language models do it as a matter of course, improving performance across a wide range of tasks.

December 26, 20253 min read
Data-Center Buildout Goes Big: AI’s growth spurred infrastructure investment worldwide
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Data-Center Buildout Goes Big: AI’s growth spurred infrastructure investment worldwide

Top AI companies announced plans to build data centers that are projected to burn through trillions of dollars and gigawatts of electricity in the next few years.

December 26, 20253 min read
Big AI Lures Talent With Huge Pay: Meta’s hiring spree raised compensation for top AI engineers and executives
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Big AI Lures Talent With Huge Pay: Meta’s hiring spree raised compensation for top AI engineers and executives

Leading AI companies fought a ferocious war for talent, luring top talent from competitors with levels of compensation more commonly associated with pro sports.

December 26, 20252 min read
Think Technology is Moving Fast? Look at Applications!: AI technology progressed rapidly in 2024, but applications advanced even more quickly. Good regulation can make for even faster progress in 2025.
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Think Technology is Moving Fast? Look at Applications!: AI technology progressed rapidly in 2024, but applications advanced even more quickly. Good regulation can make for even faster progress in 2025.

Is AI progressing rapidly? Yes! But while the progress of underlying AI technology has indeed sped up over the past 2 years, the fastest acceleration is in applications.

December 25, 20241 min read
Think Technology is Moving Fast? Look at Applications!: AI technology progressed rapidly in 2024, but applications advanced even more quickly. Good regulation can make for even faster progress in 2025.
Year in Review

Think Technology is Moving Fast? Look at Applications!: AI technology progressed rapidly in 2024, but applications advanced even more quickly. Good regulation can make for even faster progress in 2025.

Is AI progressing rapidly? Yes! But while the progress of underlying AI technology has indeed sped up over the past 2 years, the fastest acceleration is in applications.

December 25, 20241 min read
Top AI Stories of 2024! Agents Rise, Prices Fall, Models Shrink, Video Takes Off, Acquisitions Morph
Year in Review

Top AI Stories of 2024! Agents Rise, Prices Fall, Models Shrink, Video Takes Off, Acquisitions Morph

The Batch AI News and Insights: Is AI progressing rapidly? Yes! But while the progress of underlying AI technology has indeed sped up over the past 2 years, the fastest acceleration is in applications.

December 25, 202415 min read
Top AI Stories of 2024! Agents Rise, Prices Fall, Models Shrink, Video Takes Off, Acquisitions Morph
Year in Review

Top AI Stories of 2024! Agents Rise, Prices Fall, Models Shrink, Video Takes Off, Acquisitions Morph

The Batch AI News and Insights: Is AI progressing rapidly? Yes! But while the progress of underlying AI technology has indeed sped up over the past 2 years, the fastest acceleration is in applications.

December 25, 202415 min read
Alternatives to Acquisitions: Tech giants forge strategic partnerships to secure talent and technology without acquisitions
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Alternatives to Acquisitions: Tech giants forge strategic partnerships to secure talent and technology without acquisitions

Big AI companies found creative ways to gain cutting-edge technology and talent without buying startups.

December 25, 20243 min read
Alternatives to Acquisitions: Tech giants forge strategic partnerships to secure talent and technology without acquisitions
Year in Review

Alternatives to Acquisitions: Tech giants forge strategic partnerships to secure talent and technology without acquisitions

Big AI companies found creative ways to gain cutting-edge technology and talent without buying startups.

December 25, 20243 min read
Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices
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Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices

For years, the best AI models got bigger and bigger. But in 2024, some popular large language models were small enough to run on a smartphone.

December 25, 20243 min read
Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices
Year in Review

Smaller Is Beautiful: Compact AI models redefine efficiency, bringing advanced capabilities to everyday devices

For years, the best AI models got bigger and bigger. But in 2024, some popular large language models were small enough to run on a smartphone.

December 25, 20243 min read
Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism
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Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism

Video generation exploded in an abundance of powerful models.

December 25, 20242 min read
Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism
Year in Review

Generative Video Takes Off: Generative video models revolutionize content creation with stunning realism

Video generation exploded in an abundance of powerful models.

December 25, 20242 min read

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