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On this present day in Tech History: In 1955 Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Inc., was born in San Francisco, California.
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Google’s VEO 2 Price Drop
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AI Learns To “Shut up”
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Apple Plans Texas Factory
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Today’s trending AI news stories
Google DeepMind Prices Veo 2 AI Video at $0.50 Per Second
Google DeepMind has set the pricing for Veo 2, its latest AI video generation model, now available through Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform. The price is $0.50 per second, or $1,800 per hour, significantly lower than the $32,000 per second spent on Hollywood productions like Avengers: Endgame. Nonetheless, this places it at the next price point than OpenAI’s Sora, which offers an unlimited-use subscription for $200 per thirty days.
While each Veo 2 and Sora represent major advancements in AI-generated video, neither eliminates the necessity for human refinement, iterative testing, and post-production work. Achieving professional-quality results still requires manual adjustments to scene composition, motion fluidity, and visual consistency. Read more.
AI Gets Smarter by Knowing When to “Shut Up”
A Johns Hopkins University study finds that AI isn’t just improving at answering questions—it’s improving at knowing when it shouldn’t. By extending processing time, researchers discovered that models sharpen each accuracy and self-awareness, difficult the long-held belief that AI should all the time provide a solution, even when uncertain.
Testing DeepSeek R1-32B and s1-32B on math problems from the AIME24 dataset, researchers adjusted reasoning depth to watch changes in decision-making. While each models performed similarly under normal conditions, DeepSeek R1-32B stood out when stricter confidence thresholds were applied, showing that longer computation time helps models make smarter calls on when to step back.
The study introduced three risk levels—from low-stakes decisions to critical, high-penalty environments—revealing how AI adapts under different pressures. Researchers argue that future AI assessments should prioritize not only accuracy, but the flexibility to acknowledge when silence is the neatest move. Read more.
Apple plans Texas factory for AI servers, 20,000 research jobs
Apple is making a decisive move in AI and research, announcing a 250,000-square-foot AI server factory in Texas, built with Foxconn and set to launch by 2026. This initiative is an element of Apple’s $500 billion US investment wave, which also includes 20,000 recent research and development jobs, solidifying its domestic AI dominance.
The Texas facility will manufacture AI servers fueling Apple Intelligence, the corporate’s machine-learning suite for automation, content generation, and predictive computing. Alongside this, Apple is doubling its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to $10 billion, with major backing for TSMC’s Arizona silicon production, ensuring AI hardware stays under tight strategic control.
Apple can also be launching a Michigan-based manufacturing academy, offering free training in process optimization and industrial strategy. Read more.
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