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xAI released Grok Code Fast 1 🤖
🦾Plus: 🤖 Microsoft releases homegrown AI models
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In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?
💬Why Chatbots should be a part of your Big Data plan
🏦Google Unveils Layer 1 Chain for Banks with Python-based Smart Contracts
📉Distributed/compressed regression rocks
🎲Monte Carlo Gradient Estimation in Machine Learning
⚠️ Anthropic says it will use Claude chats to train AI models
💰 South Korea bets big on AI spending
💡 AI TutorialHow to use QuizGPT to make flashcards for learning in ChatGPT
🤖 AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout
xAI released Grok Code Fast 1, a new advanced coding model (previously launched under the codename sonic) that features very low costs for agentic coding tasks. We've teamed up with select launch partners to offer grok-code-fast-1 for free for a limited time, including GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Cline, Roo Code, Kilo Code, opencode, and Windsurf.
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The Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL) is a credibly neural and performant Layer 1 that enables Python-based smart contracts. In a Wednesday LinkedIn post, Rich Widmann, head of strategy for Web3 at Google, framed GCUL as a way to avoid the conflicts that might arise with blockchains backed by competitors.
This is a quick post about a relatively new pair of packages meant for fast, SQL-backed, regressions with fixed effects in R and Python…Before I was as familiar with R, from the outside I thought that fixest was unbeatably fast for linear regression with fixed effects. Generally, fixest is definitely still king for most applied work.
This paper is a broad and accessible survey of the methods we have at our disposal for Monte Carlo gradient estimation in machine learning and across the statistical sciences: the problem of computing the gradient of an expectation of a function with respect to parameters defining the distribution that is integrated; the problem of sensitivity analysis…
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AI News:
Microsoft just introduced MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, marking its first fully in-house AI models and coming after years of relying on OpenAI's technology in a turbulent partnership. MAI-Voice-1 is a speech generation model capable of generating a minute of speech in under a second, already integrated into Copilot Daily and Podcasts. MAI-1-preview is a text-based model trained on a fraction of the GPUs of rivals
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Anthropic is changing its privacy policy for Claude Free, Pro, Max, and Claude Code users. By September 28, 2025, every user must select whether their conversations can be used to train future AI models. Choosing to share means Anthropic can store data for five years to improve reasoning, coding, and analysis.
South Korea will raise government expenditure to 728 trillion won ($524B) in 2026, an 8.1% increase aimed at spurring AI-driven growth. President Lee Jae Myung’s administration is shifting from fiscal restraint to heavy investment, with record funding for AI research and support for exporters hit by U.S. tariffs.
OpenAI moved its Realtime API out of beta, also introducing a new gpt-realtime speech-to-speech model and new developer tools like image input and Model Context Protocol server integrations. gpt-realtime features nuanced abilities like detecting nonverbal cues and switching languages while keeping a naturally flowing conversation.
Cohere introduced Command AI Translate, a new enterprise model that claims top scores on key translation benchmarks while allowing for deep customization and secure, private deployment options. Command A Translate outperforms rivals like GPT-5, DeepSeek-V3, and Google Translate on key benchmarks across 23 major business languages.
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AI Tutorial
How to use QuizGPT to make flashcards for learning in ChatGPT
ChatGPT for Education has introduced QuizGPT, a new feature that generates interactive flashcards on any topic or uploaded material.
Here’s how to use it:
Go to the ChatGPT website (or the mobile app) and choose GPT-5 as the model.
Use the following prompt:
"I want to test my knowledge about [TOPIC]. Quiz me with super hard questions using QuizGPT."You can also upload lecture slides, class notes, or any other material for the AI to work with.
ChatGPT will generate interactive flashcards for you to test yourself.
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