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š OpenAI Launches Operator

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š OpenAIās new Operator is your personal AI assistantāready to handle your to-do list, from booking concert tickets to finding the best campsites.
š¤Æ A Chinese AI startup drops DeepSeek R1ācosting a fraction of OpenAIās model but delivering more power, and it's open source.
š®āšØ AI is stepping up in healthcare with a lung disease diagnostic tool thatās 97% accurateāhelping doctors make smarter, faster decisions.
Curious? Keep reading!
š Get Things Done with OpenAIās Operator
OpenAI launched Operator, a web app that acts like your personal AI assistant, handling simple online tasks for you. Think booking concert tickets, adding items to a grocery list, or even finding the best campsites in Yosemite. This tool runs on a new AI model called CUA (Computer-Using Agent), and itās available now for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the US, with plans for broader access later.
Hereās the rundown:
What it does: Operator can take actions in a browser, like navigating websites and clicking through options. It's trained to understand the same things humans do when using a computer (menus, buttons, etc.).
Features: You can give it tasks like booking a dinner reservation, getting concert tickets, or uploading your shopping list to Instacartāwhile it does all the clicking for you.
How it works: Itās running in the cloud, so itās like a digital assistant that doesnāt need your hands to operate.
But, donāt get too excited just yetāitās still in the early stages and makes some mistakes. Plus, you have to be a Pro user for now. There are bigger plans ahead, thoughāfuture updates might let you get even more done with this AI, maybe even outside just browsing.
š¤Æ Why Everyoneās Losing It Over DeepSeek

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This Chinese AI startup just dropped a bombshell, and everyone in Silicon Valley is spiraling. They released DeepSeek R1, a super-smart AI model that can reason like a pro, outperforming OpenAIās o1 model in benchmarks but at a fraction of the cost (Weāre talking $5M vs. tens of millions). And itās open source. Yup, free for anyone to tweak, share, or run on their own hardware.
DeepSeek has commoditized AI outside of very top-end. Lightbulb moment for me in 1st photo. R1 is so much cheaper than US labor cost that many jobs will get automated away over next 5 yrs.
See @teortaxesTex post on how cheaply you can automate previously tedious & boring tasks.ā tphuang (@tphuang)
12:48 AM ā¢ Jan 23, 2025
Why Itās a Big Deal:
Cheap thrills: DeepSeekās API costs 90% less than OpenAIās.
DIY vibes: Run it on your own GPUs with no pricey subscriptions or laggy servers.
Free for all: Thereās even a chatbot app for regular folks, with web search built-in.
In classic Silicon Valley drama, Meta is reportedly in crisis, OpenAI looks shaken, and everyoneās questioning if DeepSeek just pulled an Android move in the AI game. Some are calling it Robin Hood-style justice since it may have trained on ChatGPT data. Others are side-eyeing it for being subject to Chinese censorship laws.
Still, DeepSeek changes the game. Itās cheap, powerful, and democratizing AI in a way that OpenAI promised but didnāt quite deliver.
š®āšØAI Diagnoses Lung Diseases with 97% Accuracy

AI is becoming a superhero for lung diagnostics, boasting a mind-blowing 96.57% accuracy in spotting lung diseases like pneumonia, COVID-19, and moreājust from ultrasound videos. And it doesnāt stop there. It explains its decisions with visual aids (think: heat maps) so doctors actually know why itās saying, āHey, thatās pneumonia, not COVID.ā
How does it work:
Two AI brains in one: A CNN (super good at spotting tiny image patterns) and an LSTM (a memory whiz that makes sense of changes over time).
Super low false negatives: It rarely misses critical stuff, which is a lifesaverāliterally.
This model crushes the competition, outperforming older tools that lagged at around 90%. Plus, itās not here to replace doctors but to be their super-smart assistant.
Additionally, it could soon tackle tuberculosis, asthma, cancer, and maybe even read X-rays or CT scans.
Other cool AI stuff that is trending right now š„š„
šŖļø The future of deepfakes and digital chaos just got an upgrade as Chinaās AI tools are getting scarily goodāfaster, cheaper, and with a side of propaganda. - Read more
š At Davos, the NTT DATA boss called for global AI rules to avoid a tech wild west, reminding us that AI isnāt the problemāit's whether humans (and their data) can keep up. - Read more
š¼ Ready to future-proof your career? It turns out that mastering AI is just half the battleāhuman skills like communication and assertiveness are your secret weapons for success. - Read more
ā¶ļø Roliās new 49-key educational keyboard is here to teach you to playāand itās got AI on board to make you sound like a pro, all while lighting up your keys and your musical future. - Read more
š Trump just hit the reset button on AI safety rules, ditching federal oversight and throwing a curveball into the global race for AI dominanceāso what does this mean for tech, safety, and innovation? - Read more
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