Welcome to The AI Track's comprehensive monthly roundup of the latest AI news!
Each month, we compile significant news, trends, and happenings in AI, providing detailed summaries with key points in bullet form for concise yet complete understanding.
This page features AI News for December 2024. At the end, you will find links to our archives for previous months
Summaries presented here were created in collaboration with ChatGPT.
AI NEWS December 2024
OpenAI Reveals PBC Transition Plan and Its Mission for AGI
OpenAI is transitioning its for-profit to a Public Benefit Corporation to secure funding for AGI development while preserving its mission for societal impact.
Alibaba’s Qwen Announces QVQ-72B-Preview: Beats GPT-4o on MathVista (OpenAI o3 Still Untested)
QvQ-72B-Preview integrates vision and language processing, achieving high scores in multimodal benchmarks. According to Qwen, it surpasses top competitors in visual reasoning tasks.
DeepSeek V3 Emerges as a Top Contender Among Open-Source AI Models
DeepSeek V3 raises the bar for open-source AI with its groundbreaking Mixture-of-Experts architecture, unmatched benchmark scores, and efficient, cost-effective training. Designed for diverse applications, this model signifies a new era of accessible, high-performing AI.
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $6 Billion in Latest Funding Round, Doubling Valuation to $45B
Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion in Series C funding, doubling its valuation to $45 billion. Funds will accelerate innovation, products, and R&D.
OpenAI Introduces o3 Reasoning AI Models in Testing Phase
OpenAI ends its ’12 Days’ series with the advanced o3 reasoning models, redefining AI reasoning and problem-solving capabilities.
Google Challenges OpenAI with Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental AI
Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking employs advanced reasoning techniques with feedback loops for enhanced problem-solving, redefining AI innovation.
ChatGPT’s ‘Work with Apps’ Brings a Significant Upgrade to Desktop Integration
ChatGPT “Work with Apps” feature enables seamless interaction with desktop apps, streamlining workflows for Mac and Windows users.
Google Enhances Code Assist with Gemini 2.0 and Expands Source Integrations
Google upgrades Code Assist with Gemini 2.0, expanding integrations to tools like GitHub and Atlassian for seamless enterprise coding.
ChatGPT Dial-In and WhatsApp: The New Ways to Use ChatGPT
OpenAI expands ChatGPT’s accessibility with a ChatGPT dial-in 1-800 hotline for real-time voice interactions and WhatsApp for text-based chats, modernizing AI connectivity.
YouTube and CAA Join Forces to Regulate AI-Driven Celebrity Likenesses
YouTube and CAA announce tools to give celebrities control over AI-generated likenesses. This collaboration aims to set ethical standards for AI in Hollywood.
