Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI—news, innovations, and trends—all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱

In today’s edition:

• Chinese AI Model Surpasses GPT-4

• UK Government Launches AI Strategy to Rival OpenAI

• Google Experiments with AI-Generated Personalised Podcasts

• Zuckerberg to Automate Roles of Midlevel Software Engineers

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

DeepSeek V3

Chinese AI Model Surpasses GPT-4

The Gist: Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has launched DeepSeek V3, a cutting-edge AI model that outperforms industry leaders like GPT-4 in several tasks and is designed with flexibility for commercial use.

Key Details:

• DeepSeek V3 excels in coding, translation, and content generation, surpassing GPT-4, Meta’s Llama 3.1, and Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5.

• Built with 671 billion parameters and trained on 14.8 trillion tokens, the model cost $5.5 million to develop in just two months.

• Available under a permissive license, it supports modifications for diverse applications, including commercial use.

• It complies with Chinese regulations by avoiding sensitive topics and aligning with "core socialist values."

OpenAI

UK Government Launches AI Strategy to Rival OpenAI

The Gist: The UK government is launching a new AI strategy to rival OpenAI, aiming to make the UK a global hub for AI innovation while creating over 13,000 jobs.

Key Details:

• Vantage Data Centres, Nscale, and Kyndryl are investing £14bn in AI infrastructure and creating 13,250 jobs.

• Plans include AI Growth Zones, a 20x increase in public computing capacity, and a National Data Library.

• AI is already being used in UK healthcare, with plans to expand its impact across education, business, and planning.

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasizes the transformative potential of AI for working people and the economy.

Google

Google Experiments with AI-Generated Personalised Podcasts

The Gist: Google is testing "Daily Listen," an AI feature that creates five-minute podcasts tailored to users' interests based on their Search and Discover activity.

Key Details:

• Daily Listen curates topics and generates audio summaries with text transcripts, appearing in the Google app’s carousel.

• The audio player includes playback controls, a transcript view, and a "Related stories" feature for exploring more content.

• Users can provide feedback with thumbs up/down to refine content personalization.

• The feature is currently experimental and available on Android and iOS through Google’s Search Labs in the US.

Quick Gist

Microsoft has initiated a lawsuit against ten cybercriminals for exploiting its Azure OpenAI Service using stolen credentials to generate harmful content (Read More).

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to automate the roles of midlevel software engineers this year, potentially outsourcing all coding to AI by 2025, while replacing fact-checkers with community notes and rolling back DEI initiatives (Read More).

Omoda partnered with Google Cloud to launch 'Omoda Stylist,' an AI-powered conversational shopping experience offering personalized outfit recommendations to enhance online fashion retail (Read More).

Microsoft successfully seized a domain linked to a foreign hacker group abusing its Azure OpenAI service to create harmful AI-generated images and has implemented new safeguards to prevent future misuse (Read More).

Google DeepMind introduced the FACTS Grounding benchmark and leaderboard to enhance the evaluation of large language models (LLMs) in generating factually accurate responses from long-form documents (Read More).

Wayfair expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to improve its product catalog and employee productivity using advanced Gemini AI models and Google Workspace, achieving significant operational improvements (Read More).

Microsoft is testing an updated Bing Search AI answer box powered by Copilot, featuring a revamped interface that promotes links to publishers more prominently (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!