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In today's Techpresso:

🤖 OpenAI plans $20,000 a month AI agents

📱 Foldable iPhone may cost over $2,000 in 2026

🔍 Google announces ‘AI Mode’ as a new way to use Search

🚀Alibaba's new AI model outperforms DeepSeek

🎬 Amazon is testing out AI-dubbing movies and series

🎁 + 9 other news you might like

🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools

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🤖 OpenAI plans $20,000 a month AI agents LINK
  • OpenAI is reportedly planning to introduce specialized AI agents with monthly fees, potentially reaching up to $20,000, as per The Information.
  • The company plans to offer AI agents tailored for various tasks, including sales and software development, with prices ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 monthly.
  • OpenAI's costliest agent, priced at $20,000 per month, is designed to assist with advanced research, while investor SoftBank has pledged $3 billion towards these products in 2023.
📱 Foldable iPhone may cost over $2,000 in 2026 LINK
  • The foldable iPhone is expected to launch in 2026 and is anticipated to cost more than $2,000, featuring premium specifications like a crease-free display and a slim 4.5 mm unfolded thickness.
  • Due to space constraints, the device will use Touch ID via a side button instead of Face ID, marking the first iPhone to use fingerprint authentication without a home button.
  • The foldable iPhone will have a book-like design with a 7.8-inch inner display, a 5.5-inch outer display, and advanced camera systems, with initial shipments estimated between 3 to 5 million units in 2026.
🔍 Google announces ‘AI Mode’ as a new way to use Search LINK
  • Google has introduced an experimental feature called "AI Mode" in Search, enabling users to ask complex questions and follow-ups directly within the search engine for deeper exploration of topics.
  • This new capability, available to Google One AI Premium subscribers through Search Labs, employs a customized version of Gemini 2.0 to offer detailed comparisons and advanced reasoning for intricate queries.
  • The feature utilizes a "query fan-out" technique to gather and present information from multiple sources, focusing on factuality and verifiable data, with plans to enhance visuals and incorporate diverse content in the future.
🚀Alibaba's new AI model outperforms DeepSeek LINK
  • Alibaba has introduced the QwQ-32B, an open-source AI model, that reportedly surpasses DeepSeek's R1 and OpenAI's o1-mini in performance.
  • Despite possessing only 32 billion parameters compared to R1's 671 billion, QwQ-32B excels in mathematics, coding, and overall problem-solving tasks.
  • The QwQ-32B is available on Hugging Face, the largest community for open-source AI models, showcasing Alibaba's advanced capabilities in AI technology and data center operations.
🎬 Amazon is testing out AI-dubbing movies and series LINK
  • Amazon Prime Video is testing an AI-powered dubbing program to make international movies and shows accessible to a global audience, enhancing language support beyond subtitles.
  • The AI-assisted dubbing is currently available for 12 licensed titles, including El Cid: La Leyenda, and offers versions in both English and Latin American Spanish.
  • Prime Video's AI dubbing combines artificial intelligence with human expertise to ensure natural-sounding voices, aiming to expand language options for its over 200 million customers.

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Other news & articles you might like

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  • Microsoft announces two new AI agents targeting sales teams LINK
  • Meta maintains secret do-not-rehire list for ex-employees LINK
  • Apple finally accepts that 64GB is inadequate for iPhones and iPads LINK
  • A year later, OpenAI still hasn’t released its voice cloning tool LINK
  • Eric Schmidt argues against a ‘Manhattan Project for AGI’ LINK
  • DuckDuckGo is amping up its AI search tool — but will still let you leave it behind LINK

Latest research and tools

DeepSeek-R1-671B-Q4_K_M: a guide demonstrates using llama.cpp portable zip to run models on Intel GPUs directly without manual installation, utilizing community models like GGUF for enhanced performance and reasoning in AI. LINK
Cognitive Behaviors That Enable Self-Improving Reasoners: the paper discusses how specific cognitive behaviors allow reasoners to improve their problem-solving and decision-making processes over time. LINK
Zentool: a utility for analyzing, manipulating, and generating microcode patches for AMD Zen processors. LINK
CodeTracer: a user-friendly time-traveling debugger that records program execution into a sharable trace file, allowing users to navigate through execution history and trace the origin of values for efficient bug resolution. LINK
Stream Processing Demos: a collection of executable demos showcasing how stream processing technology can solve real-world problems using SQL, with RisingWave, Kafka, and PostgreSQL as the primary systems for practical learning and hands-on experience. LINK
Xdg-ninja: a shell script that checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories, offering guidance on relocating them to proper locations based on community-driven configurations. LINK

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