OpenAI’s Economic Blueprint for the US, Mistral AI Launches Codestral 25.01 & UK Plans Domestic AI Rival to OpenAI - Daily AI Brief #79

OpenAI has released a document proposing policies to enhance AI benefits in the US, focusing on equitable access, national security, and economic growth. Read more

Mistral AI has introduced Codestral 25.01, an enhanced coding model supporting over 80 programming languages, optimized for low-latency tasks, and available globally for developers. Read more

Microsoft has established a new division named CoreAI — Platform and Tools, aimed at advancing AI technologies and tools, under the leadership of former Facebook engineering chief Jay Parikh. Read more

Researchers from NovaSky at UC Berkeley have introduced Sky-T1-32B-Preview, an open source AI model for reasoning, trained for under $450. This model competes with earlier OpenAI models, showcasing cost-effective high-level reasoning capabilities. Read more

The UK government, under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is planning to create a domestic competitor to OpenAI and boost national computing infrastructure, aiming for a twentyfold increase in public sector computing capacity by 2030. Read more

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has introduced the AI Opportunities Action Plan, which seeks to boost the nation's AI infrastructure and economy with significant investments and initiatives. Read more

The Biden administration has set new rules to control the export of A.I. technology, focusing on limiting access to countries like China and Russia while promoting trade with allies. Read more

Uranium prices have reached a record high due to increased demand from AI data centres and geopolitical factors, prompting industry pressure for new conversion facilities. Read more