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THE NEXT GREAT LEAP IN AI IS BEHIND SCHEDULE AND CRAZY EXPENSIVE

OpenAI's GPT-5 project is expensive and behind schedule. It isn't clear when, or if, it will work. Microsoft had expected to see the model around mid-2024. There may not be enough data to train the model to make it smart enough. OpenAI recently turned to a technique called 'reasoning' to make its large language models smarter. It just released a new reasoning model smarter than anything else the company has released before, but there is still no word on when GPT-5 is coming.

GOOGLE CEO SUNDAR PICHAI SAYS SEARCH GIANT HAS SLASHED MANAGER ROLES BY 10% IN EFFICIENCY DRIVE

Google has slashed a tenth of its managerial roles since last year. Some of the managers were shifted to individual contributor roles and are no longer responsible for other employees. The company had identified 'durable cost savings' as one of its key goals for the year. Google this year has also slashed hundreds of jobs across multiple divisions, including ad sales, core engineering, and the hardware division responsible for the Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit.

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