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• 🚀 OpenAI brings its GPT-4.1 models to ChatGPT

• ❇️ Microsoft Build 2025: What to expect, from Azure to Copilot upgrades

• 😮 Improvements in ‘reasoning’ AI models may slow down soon, analysis finds

• 🤖 Google’s Gemma AI models surpass 150M downloads

• 😎 OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft for new funding and future IPO, FT reports

 🤖How Top Companies Are Using AI Agents to 2X Revenue (Without Replacing Anyone)

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🙌This week's podcast episodes...

😮 OpenAI brings its GPT-4.1 models to ChatGPT

OpenAI is launching GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini in ChatGPT. GPT-4.1 offers faster performance and better coding capabilities than GPT-4o, now available to Plus, Pro, and Team users. GPT-4.1 mini is available to all users. GPT-4.0 mini is being removed.

🔍 OpenAI is also boosting transparency with a new Safety Evaluations Hub.

👉 Read more for details on the rollout, safety updates, and what this means for AI developers.

❇️Microsoft Build 2025: What to expect, from Azure to Copilot upgrades

Microsoft’s Build developer conference runs May 19–22 and is expected to spotlight major AI integrations—especially deeper Copilot features across Windows and Microsoft 365.

💡 Anticipated reveals include:

• Copilot upgrades with autonomous PC task capabilities

• New AI models from Microsoft (MAI) and potential alternatives to OpenAI

• Possibly Maia 2, the next-gen Azure AI chip

The keynotes will stream for free, and announcements may justify Microsoft’s recent price hikes by showcasing powerful new AI tools.

👉 Read more here.

⚡Improvements in ‘reasoning’ AI models may slow down soon, analysis finds

A new analysis by Epoch AI suggests that the rapid progress in reasoning AI models—like OpenAI’s o3—may soon plateau, possibly within a year. While reinforcement learning has turbocharged these models’ performance, its scalability may soon hit a ceiling due to compute and research costs. This poses a challenge for the AI industry, which heavily bets on these models despite their higher costs and flaws like increased hallucinations. Read more.

💫Google’s Gemma AI models surpass 150M downloads

Google’s open AI model family, Gemma, has surpassed 150 million downloads and inspired over 70,000 model variants on Hugging Face since its launch in February 2024. The multimodal models support 100+ languages and are fine-tuned for uses like drug discovery. However, Gemma still lags behind Meta’s Llama, which topped 1.2 billion downloads in April. Both models face criticism for restrictive licensing, raising concerns about commercial use. Know more here.

😮OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft for new funding and future IPO, FT reports

OpenAI and Microsoft are renegotiating their multibillion-dollar partnership to enable OpenAI’s potential IPO while ensuring Microsoft retains access to future AI technologies. Microsoft may give up some equity in exchange for extended tech access beyond 2030. Read here.

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