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Google's Gemini 2.0 rolls out to everyone to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft, and DeepSeek

Google's Gemini 2.0 just rolled out to everyone. The tech giant has several models that compete with trending tech from OpenAI, Microsoft, and DeepSeek.

Artificial intelligence mobile apps for DeepSeek, ChatGPT and Google Gemini arranged.

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Bill Gates says AI will replace humans "for most things — but you wouldn't want to watch computers play baseball."

Gates recently shared some interesting insights about the rapid progression of generative AI, indicating the new era of innovation is getting scary.

Bill Gates during the "I Could Jump It" sketch on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

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Forget DeepSeek: Researchers develop a $50 OpenAI competitor in less than 30 minutes that thinks harder when you ask it to "wait"

The AI takes on OpenAI's o1 reasoning variant. The model, dubbed s1, was trained using a dataset of 1,000 questions for under $50.

s1 artificial intelligence reasoning model displayed on a smartphone

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Microsoft tries again with aggressive tactics against Google and Chrome, touting Edge's "world-class performance" with a pop-up ad promo

Microsoft is trying to compel users to stick to Microsoft Edge when searching for Google's Web Store using Bing instead of switching over to Chrome.

Microsoft Edge web browser app in App Store seen displayed on a smartphone.

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OpenAI's "Google killer" AI-powered search experience is now freely available for everyone — you'll no longer need an account or $20 subscription plan, but don't ask silly questions either

OpenAI recently announced that ChatGPT search is now freely accessible to everyone, and will no longer require you to sign up or log in.

OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to take on Google

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DeepSeek is reportedly sending intricate user data to Chinese telecom despite US ban — weeks after suffering a "large-scale cyberattack"

DeepSeek's website reportedly features computer code that could share user login information with a Chinese telecom despite being barred from operating in the United States.

A DeepSeek artificial intelligence logo and icons on various smartphones or laptops.

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OpenAI's for-profit evolution hits a major roadblock — as the ChatGPT maker struggles to establish Microsoft's equity in its reportedly $30 billion charitable arm

OpenAI is reportedly deliberating transforming into a for-profit entity. However, the process has seemingly been stunted as the ChatGPT maker struggles to determine Microsoft's equity in the public benefit corporation, which could be valued at $30 billion.

Satya Nadella with Sam Altman at a conference

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claims AI could surpass "almost all humans at almost everything," even robotics, within 3 years — dismisses AGI as a "marketing term"

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claims that generative AI could surpass human cognitive capabilities "in almost everything," even robotics, within 2-3 years.

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claims Microsoft won't use OpenAI in the future — Microsoft already admitted GPT-4 is too expensive and isn't fast enough to meet consumer needs

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claims Microsoft won't use OpenAI in the future, following the announcement of the $500 billion Stargate project to build AI infrastructure for the ChatGPT maker's cloud computing needs.

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., speaks during a keynote at the 2024 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

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I'm aghast, stunned, and flabbergasted that Microsoft just removed the thesaurus from Word

Microsoft removed Smart Lookup from Word recently, meaning you can no longer use the feature to search for synonyms or definitions.

Microsoft 365 app on Windows 11 with shortcuts to create documents in Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Microsoft 365 applictions.

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