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 January 2025. At the end, you will find links to our archives for previous months
Summaries presented here were created in collaboration with ChatGPT.
AI NEWS January 2025
Meta Shuts Down 28 AI Profiles Amid Unforeseen Backlash
Meta shuts down 28 AI profiles following public backlash over cultural biases, lack of transparency, and ethical concerns in AI development.
Russia Deepens AI Partnership with China Amid Western Sanctions
Amid Western sanctions, Russia deepens AI partnership with China and president Putin orders Russia and Sberbank to collaborate with China on AI. This strategic partnership seeks to bridge technology gaps and assert global AI competitiveness.
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.