May 28, 2025 News
DeepSeek Releases Updated R1 Reasoning Model with MIT License on Hugging Face
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model on Hugging Face under a permissive MIT license, allowing commercial use. The updated model contains 685 billion parameters, making it a substantial upgrade that requires significant computational resources to run.
Skynet Chance (+0.01%): Open-sourcing a powerful reasoning model increases accessibility but also reduces centralized control over advanced AI capabilities. The permissive licensing could accelerate widespread deployment of sophisticated AI systems.
Skynet Date (-1 days): Making a 685-billion parameter reasoning model freely available with commercial licensing accelerates the pace at which advanced AI capabilities can be deployed and iterated upon globally.
AGI Progress (+0.02%): The release of an updated reasoning model with 685 billion parameters represents continued progress in scaling and improving AI reasoning capabilities. DeepSeek's competitive performance against OpenAI models demonstrates advancing state-of-the-art capabilities.
AGI Date (-1 days): Open-sourcing advanced reasoning models under permissive licenses accelerates research and development across the AI community, potentially speeding up the timeline toward AGI achievement.
Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Joins Anthropic Board to Guide AI Company's Growth
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has been appointed to Anthropic's board of directors by the company's Long-Term Benefit Trust. The appointment brings experienced tech leadership to the AI safety-focused company as it competes with OpenAI and grows from startup to major corporation.
Skynet Chance (-0.03%): The appointment emphasizes Anthropic's governance structure focused on long-term benefit of humanity, potentially strengthening AI safety oversight. However, the impact is minimal as this is primarily a business leadership change rather than a technical safety breakthrough.
Skynet Date (+0 days): Adding experienced business leadership doesn't significantly alter the technical pace of AI development or safety research. This is a governance move that maintains the existing trajectory rather than accelerating or decelerating progress.
AGI Progress (+0.01%): Experienced tech leadership from Netflix, Microsoft, and Meta boards could help Anthropic scale operations and compete more effectively with OpenAI. This may marginally accelerate Anthropic's AI development capabilities through better resource management and strategic guidance.
AGI Date (+0 days): Hastings' experience scaling major tech companies could help Anthropic grow faster and compete more effectively in the AI race. However, the impact on actual AGI timeline is minimal since this addresses business execution rather than core research capabilities.
xAI Invests $300M in Telegram Partnership to Integrate Grok Chatbot Across Platform
Elon Musk's xAI is investing $300 million in Telegram to integrate its Grok chatbot throughout the messaging platform for one year. The partnership will make Grok available to all Telegram users with features including chat summarization, writing assistance, sticker creation, and business support, with Telegram earning 50% of subscription revenue.
Skynet Chance (+0.04%): Widespread deployment of AI chatbots across major messaging platforms increases potential attack surfaces and makes AI systems more pervasive in daily communications. However, this represents incremental commercial expansion rather than fundamental capability advances.
Skynet Date (+0 days): Mass deployment accelerates AI integration into critical communication infrastructure, though the underlying technology remains commercially available chatbot capabilities. The pace impact is minimal as this is distribution rather than capability development.
AGI Progress (+0.01%): Integration into messaging platforms with diverse functions like moderation and business assistance demonstrates practical multi-domain AI deployment. However, this represents application of existing capabilities rather than fundamental AGI breakthroughs.
AGI Date (+0 days): The $300M investment and revenue-sharing model accelerates commercial AI deployment and funding cycles for AI development. Faster commercial adoption and revenue generation can fund more rapid AI capability development.
Saudi Arabia's Humain Launches $10B AI Investment Fund and Plans Massive Data Center Expansion
Saudi Arabia's state-owned AI company Humain is launching a $10 billion venture fund to invest in AI startups across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, while engaging with major firms like OpenAI and xAI. The company plans to build 1.9 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2030, aiming to process 7% of global AI training and inference workloads at an estimated cost of $77 billion.
Skynet Chance (+0.04%): Massive centralization of AI compute resources under state control and significant funding flowing to AI capabilities development could reduce distributed oversight and accelerate powerful AI systems development. However, the investment approach suggests focus on commercial applications rather than uncontrolled AI development.
Skynet Date (-1 days): The $77 billion investment in AI infrastructure and 7% of global AI training capacity significantly accelerates the pace of AI development by providing substantial compute resources. This level of infrastructure investment could enable faster training of more powerful AI systems.
AGI Progress (+0.03%): The planned 1.9 gigawatts of data center capacity and goal to handle 7% of global AI training represents a substantial increase in compute infrastructure critical for AGI development. Major partnerships with Nvidia, AMD, and engagement with leading AI companies like OpenAI indicate serious commitment to advancing AI capabilities.
AGI Date (-1 days): The massive $77 billion infrastructure investment and partnerships with key AI hardware providers will significantly accelerate AGI timeline by providing essential compute resources. The scale of this investment could remove compute bottlenecks that currently slow AGI research and development.