By 2023, the U.S. FDA had approved 223 AI-powered medical devices, up from 6 in 2015. GPT-4, released in 2023, is described as having over 100 trillion parameters and powers ChatGPT-like capabilities. The Transformer architecture was introduced in 2017 with the paper “Attention Is All You Need,” enabling self-attention and the training of very large…
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The EU’s AI Act is set to take effect in mid-2026, imposing strict, risk-based regulations and market access requirements. A 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulation was removed from a major US Congressional bill, underscoring regulatory contention. The US and China are locked in a high-stakes AI race, with the US investing about $700 billion…
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The EU’s AI Act is moving forward without delays, with general-purpose AI obligations beginning in August 2024 and high-risk models following in August 2026, with penalties up to 7% of global revenue. More than 45 European CEOs signed open letters urging a two-year pause, warning that overly complex regulation could hinder Europe’s global competitiveness and…
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Over 45 major European firms—including ASML, Airbus, Mercedes-Benz, and Siemens Energy—urged the EU to delay the AI Act by two years to protect innovation. AI engineers now command $2–10 million per year, as Meta commits up to $72 billion to AI in 2025. Microsoft’s MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) diagnoses diseases four times more accurately and…
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Meta launched its Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang (ex-Scale AI CEO) and Nat Friedman (ex-GitHub CEO), with reports of offers up to $300 million over four years to recruit talent from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and DeepMind. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized Meta’s talent tactics as distasteful and OpenAI countered by offering staff a one-week…
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In 2025 Meta launched Meta Superintelligence Labs led by Alexandr Wang (ex-Scale AI CEO) and Nat Friedman (ex-GitHub CEO), aiming to reach artificial superintelligence, backed by a $29 billion investment in AI data centers and a 49% stake in Scale AI, even as the Llama 4 model underperformed. Apple is reportedly considering replacing its in-house…
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