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Good morning. It’s Monday, February 10th.

Did you know: On this day in 1996, IBM's Deep Blue made history by defeating world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a single game? It was the first time a computer had beaten a reigning world champion under standard chess tournament time controls.

In today’s email:

• OpenAI’s Internal Model

• Apple’s Research Robot

• Perplexity Adds 1M Token Context

• 5 New AI Tools

• Latest AI Research Papers

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OpenAI’s Internal AI Model

Sam Altman, in a new blog post, laid out OpenAI’s AGI playbook to democratize access while conceding that AI’s economic ripple effects won’t be kind to everyone. He floated the idea of a “compute budget” to prevent AI from becoming a luxury good but also acknowledged the inevitable potential of AGI to disrupt the balance between capital and labour, calling for preemptive guardrails.

This tension between accessibility and economic impact was further underscored in a dialogue at UTokyo, where Altman revealed that OpenAI's internal AI model currently ranks as the 50th best competitive programmer in the world, with plans to reach #1 by the end of 2025.

OpenAI’s war chest ambitions—$40 billion in funding and a possible $500 billion infrastructure spend—signal an all-in bet on scale. Altman insists AI costs plummet tenfold annually, making frontier models more accessible, but that does little to assuage concerns about equitable distribution. He also teased a move toward more transparency—albeit with security caveats—warning of AGI’s appeal to authoritarian regimes. Read more.

WATCH: Q&A with OpenAI Leadership

Apple’s new research robot takes a page from Pixar’s playbook

Apple’s latest research paper introduces a novel approach to human-robot interaction, focusing on expressive robot movements. Drawing inspiration from Pixar’s Luxo Jr. lamp, the paper suggests that integrating emotional qualities, such as intention and attention, into robot motion enhances connection with humans.

Apple’s prototype—a lamp-shaped robot—mimics these movements, demonstrating how small gestures, like swiveling its head to mimic human curiosity, can foster a deeper engagement. With a non-anthropomorphic design, the robot diverges from Amazon’s Astro, hinting at future products with a more functional, yet personable, form. Read more.

Perplexity expands features with file and image uploads and 1M Token context window

Perplexity has expanded its capabilities, now offering file and image uploads alongside an enhanced context window of 1 million tokens. This feature is available to all signed-in users in “Auto” mode, further extending the AI's potential to process and manage complex datasets with greater efficiency. Read more.

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• Inside OpenAI’s $14 million Super Bowl debut

• Report: Ilya Sutskever's startup in talks to fundraise at roughly $20B valuation

• OpenAI plans to open an office in Germany 

• Tech titans and government leaders gather in Paris for landmark AI summit

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