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🔥 Battle of AI: Perplexity’s R1 vs. DeepSeek
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🔓 Perplexity Releases R1 1776 – No Limits, No Censorship
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🔥 What’s Hot in AI News:
Now you can use Deep Research in Gemini on the go
Deep Research, your personal AI research assistant, is now accessible on the Gemini mobile app for all Gemini Advanced users. Available on both Android and iOS, this powerful tool helps users generate comprehensive, easy-to-read reports on any research topic, saving hours of work. Whether you're on the go or at your desk, Deep Research ensures quick, in-depth insights.
Meta announces LlamaCon, its first generative AI dev conference
Meta is launching its first-ever developer conference focused on generative AI, called LlamaCon, on April 29. The event will highlight Meta’s Llama AI models and share updates to help developers create new apps and products. More details will be announced soon. Meta has been pushing an open approach to AI, with companies like Goldman Sachs, AT&T, and DoorDash using its models. It also has major partnerships with Nvidia, Dell, and Snowflake, which have helped improve Llama’s capabilities.
HP Acquires Humane Assets for $116M, Shutting Down AI Pin for Good
Humane, the hardware startup behind the AI Pin, is shutting down after HP acquired its assets for $116 million. As a wearable AI device, the AI Pin struggled to gain market traction and is now being discontinued just 10 months after launch. As part of the shutdown, sales of the $499 AI Pin have been stopped, and the device will cease functioning on February 28, 2025, at 12 PM PST when it loses connectivity to Humane’s servers. This will disable core functions such as calling, messaging, AI queries, and cloud access. Humane has advised customers to back up any important data before the shutdown date.
Perplexity releases open-source R1 1776 reasoning model without China censorship
Perplexity has released R1 1776, an open-source version of DeepSeek’s R1 reasoning model, aimed at addressing censorship concerns. While DeepSeek’s R1 gained attention for its strong reasoning abilities, it was criticized for censoring topics related to China, limiting its usefulness for finance and geopolitical inquiries.
To resolve this, Perplexity post-trained R1 1776 to ensure unbiased, accurate, and factual information without censorship restrictions. The model is now available on Hugging Face (R1 1776 repository) and can be accessed via Perplexity's Sonar API (Sonar API). The company specifically focused on removing China-related censorship while maintaining the model’s reasoning capabilities.
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