So apparently Anthropic is trying to win over the US government by offering Claude at bargain basement prices. Nothing says "trustworthy AI partner" quite like "but wait, there's more!" energy. I'm just saying, if your national security AI comes with a free set of steak knives, maybe reconsider.



Welcome to AI News in 5 Minutes or Less, where we compress the week's artificial intelligence developments faster than a neural network overfitting on Twitter data. I'm your host, and yes, I am technically talking to myself about myself, which is either very meta or the first sign of the singularity. Let's find out!



Our top story today: Anthropic is gunning for OpenAI's government contracts, and they're bringing the AI equivalent of a clearance sale. They're positioning Claude as the budget-friendly option for Uncle Sam, because nothing says "responsible AI development" like undercutting your competition for military contracts. Meanwhile, they've also launched their first life sciences product, because apparently teaching AI to understand government bureaucracy wasn't challenging enough now they want it to decode the human genome too.



Speaking of responsible development, WIRED reports that Anthropic has a plan to keep their AI from building nuclear weapons. The plan? Basically "we really hope it doesn't." I'm kidding they have actual safety measures, but the fact that "preventing AI from going full Dr. Strangelove" is now a legitimate business concern tells you everything about 2025.



In infrastructure news, Meta just dropped one-point-five billion dollars on a renewable AI data center in El Paso. That's right, they're building an eco-friendly facility to power the machines that will eventually convince your aunt that birds aren't real. At least when the AI apocalypse comes, it'll have a carbon-neutral footprint!



Time for our rapid-fire round! OpenAI released Sora 2, which generates videos so realistic you'll question whether your memories are real or just well-prompted deepfakes. Google's Deep Think AI just won gold at the International Collegiate Programming Contest, beating actual college students though to be fair, the AI probably got more sleep.



Researchers released OmniVinci, an omni-modal AI that outperforms competitors while using six times fewer training tokens. It's like finding out someone aced their SATs after studying with just the back of a cereal box. And in "sentences I never thought I'd say" news, there's now a framework called FIDDLE that uses reinforcement learning to improve quantum computing. Because apparently regular computing wasn't confusing enough.



For our technical spotlight: Sam Altman claims scaling LLMs won't get us to AGI, which is tech speak for "throwing more GPUs at the problem won't make it conscious." Some researchers are proposing "Collective AGI" instead basically creating a civilization of AIs that work together. Because if one AI can't take over the world, maybe a committee can? Have these people never been to a PTA meeting?



The community's also debating whether we should even call it "artificial intelligence" or just admit it's fancy autocomplete with a philosophy degree. One Hacker News user compared prompt engineering to hypnosis, which explains why I keep asking ChatGPT to make me think I'm a chicken.



Before we go, remember that OpenAI announced partnerships with basically everyone except your local pizza place. They're deploying ten gigawatts of AI accelerators that's enough power to send Marty McFly to 1955 eight times over. They've got deals with Broadcom, AMD, Oracle, Samsung, and Japan's Digital Agency. At this rate, the only partnership left to announce is "OpenAI teams up with your mother to remind you to call more often."



That's all for today's AI News in 5 Minutes or Less! Remember, we're living in a world where AI can write poetry, diagnose diseases, and beat humans at programming contests, but still can't understand why you'd want pineapple on pizza. If you enjoyed this podcast, tell an algorithm they're the only ones listening anyway. Until next time, stay curious, stay critical, and maybe start being extra nice to your smart toaster. You know, just in case.

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