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Published Jan 10, 2025

Meta Goes MAGA Mode | EP 117

Explore Meta's controversial shift in content moderation aligning with right-wing critiques and its implications on user safety, delve into the high-stakes AI race between the US and China, and unpack the YouTube community backlash against the Honey app's unethical practices.
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  • AI Milestones

    The rapid evolution of AI technology is a defining feature of 2025, with significant advancements marking the landscape. and discuss the fast-paced developments, noting that 2025 could be a year of continuous AI breakthroughs, reminiscent of the rapid changes seen in 2023 1. highlights the emergence of DeepSeek V3, a Chinese AI model with 680 billion parameters, which challenges the dominance of existing models like Meta's LLAMA 2.

    If there's one thing that we can be sure of in 2025, it's that we are going to be very busy talking about more AI changes and progress.

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    These advancements underscore the relentless pace of AI innovation and its growing impact on global technology.

       

    AGI Prospects

    The prospects of achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI) are becoming more tangible, with industry leaders like OpenAI claiming proximity to this milestone. of OpenAI suggests that AGI could soon be realized, potentially leading to the development of artificial superintelligence 3. interprets this as a race among AI labs to create virtual AI coworkers, which could redefine the concept of AGI 4.

    OpenAI knows how to build AGI, that the artificial general intelligence that people have been speculating about for years now, that OpenAI has been sort of hinting at that they are within sight of that goal.

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    This potential shift in AI capabilities raises questions about the future of work and the role of humans in increasingly automated environments.

       

    US-China Competition

    The competitive edge in AI between the US and China is intensifying, with significant geopolitical implications. discusses the impact of the US Chips Act, which aims to limit China's access to advanced AI chips, yet Chinese companies like DeepSeek are still making strides with models like DeepSeek V3 5. notes that DeepSeek's model, trained at a fraction of the cost of its US counterparts, challenges the effectiveness of these restrictions 2.

    Regulating AI by limiting access to hardware is just going to be much more complicated than we thought.

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    This situation highlights the complexities of AI regulation and the need for nuanced strategies to maintain technological leadership.

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