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#199 - OpenAI's 03-mini, Gemini Thinking, Deep Research, s1

2025/2/12
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This chapter compares OpenAI's O3 Mini and Google's Gemini 2.0 reasoning models, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses in benchmarks like Frontier Math. The discussion includes the release of O3 Mini's thought process and Google's focus on cheaper inference.
  • OpenAI's O3 Mini outperforms previous models in reasoning benchmarks.
  • Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash aims for fast and cheap inference.
  • Competition in reasoning models is fierce, with a focus on cost-effective inference.

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Our 199th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 02/09/2025

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In this episode:

- OpenAI's deep research feature capability launched, allowing models to generate detailed reports after prolonged inference periods, competing directly with Google's Gemini 2.0 reasoning models. 
- France and UAE jointly announce plans to build a massive AI data center in France, aiming to become a competitive player within the AI infrastructure landscape. 
- Mistral introduces a mobile app, broadening its consumer AI lineup amidst market skepticism about its ability to compete against larger firms like OpenAI and Google. 
- Anthropic unveils 'Constitutional Classifiers,' a method showing strong defenses against universal jailbreaks; they also launched a $20K challenge to find weaknesses.

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(01:33:16) Anthropic offers $20,000 to whoever can jailbreak its new AI safety system