DeepSeek ramps up hiring for little-understood frontier AI field as ambitions swell

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1. DeepSeek ramps up hiring for little-understood frontier AI field as ambitions swell

DeepSeek, a Chinese start-up that released AI models comparable to OpenAI's, is recruiting specialists for the AGI field. The company is advertising for at least a half-dozen jobs, including data experts, deep-learning researchers, legal chiefs, and interns, with the roles mainly located in Beijing.

AGI refers to AI that understands, learns, and applies knowledge across various tasks, sparking fears that AI could surpass human intelligence. DeepSeek joins other players like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in exploring the field.

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2. NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version

NotebookLM, an AI-powered research assistant, is introducing an experimental version of Gemini 2.0 Flash, allowing users to manage and generate content based on their sources. The new interface organizes NotebookLM into three areas: "Sources," "Chat," and "Studio." Users can now "join" the conversation during Audio Overviews, asking questions and receiving custom responses.

A subscription plan called NotebookLM Plus is available for businesses, schools, universities, organizations, and enterprises, offering more than five times more Audio Overviews, notebooks, and sources per notebook, customizable responses, shared team notebooks, usage analytics, and additional privacy and security.

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3. Thomson Reuters wins an early court battle over AI, copyright, and fair use

Thomson Reuters has won a copyright infringement lawsuit against Ross Intelligence, a legal AI startup. The case, filed in 2020, concerns the legality of AI tools and their training methods, often using copyrighted data without permission.

The judge rejected Ross's fair-use defense, stating that none of his possible defenses held water against accusations of copyright infringement. The case is one of the first to address the legality of AI tools and their training methods.

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4. OpenAI set to finalize first custom chip design this year 

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is finalizing its first in-house AI silicon design and plans to send it for fabrication at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The process of sending a first design through a chip factory is called "taping out." OpenAI's engineers plan to develop increasingly advanced processors with broader capabilities with each new iteration.

If the initial tape-out goes smoothly, it would enable ChatGPT to mass-produce its first in-house AI chip and potentially test an alternative to Nvidia's chips later this year. OpenAI's in-house AI chip will initially be deployed on a limited scale, primarily for running AI models.

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