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$500 BILLION AI FOR USA INITIATIVE

The USA has announced Stargate Project and the $500 billion investment over four years to develop AI infrastructure in the United States. The initiative aims to bolster U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence and create over 100,000 jobs.

• Significant Investment: The Stargate Project plans an initial $100 billion investment to construct AI data centers, starting in Texas, with potential expansion to other states.

• Private Sector Funding: The $500 billion investment is sourced entirely from private sector partners, including OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, Arm, Nvidia, MGX, and others with no direct U.S. government funding involved.

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GEMINI 2.0 FLASH THINKING MODEL - it’s great!

Google DeepMind has unveiled Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental AI model designed to enhance reasoning capabilities by explicitly displaying its thought processes. Quick fact check for yall - this model does is comparable to OpenAI o1 on many benchmark factors.

• Enhanced Reasoning: The model is trained to articulate its "thinking process," providing more transparent and robust reasoning in its responses.

• Multimodal Input and Output: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking supports real-time audio and video streaming inputs, enabling dynamic interactions across various formats.

• Features: The model can seamlessly integrate with tools like Google Search, and how speech and image generation fully integrated. Like all google products, it integrates very well with GSuite, and all its applications like spreadsheets, docs, and more.

By elucidating its reasoning pathways, the model really does enable better AI interactions. Its multimodal capabilities (text, audio, image) and native tool integration position it as a versatile asset across diverse sectors, PLUS real-time data analysis is the cherry to my my big ol’ whip cream pie.

View their page here or try it here

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