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Cost‑saving for developers

The Gemini 2.5 API now supports implicit caching: requests sharing a prefix with a previous call earn automatic cache hits and a 75% token discount, no explicit setup needed. Minimum prompt lengths have dropped to 1,024 tokens for Flash and a pair of,048 for Pro, widening eligibility. Usage metadata now reports cached token counts; explicit caching stays available for guaranteed savings.

Gemini 2.0 Flash’s image‑generation update improves text rendering and loosens content restrictions. Google also launched a dedicated Gemini iPad app with split‑view multitasking, bringing the AI assistant’s capabilities to tablet workflows ahead of further Google I/O announcements. A GitHub notebook is obtainable for those trying to experiment with the brand new features.

OpenAI’s massive Stargate initiative—backed by SoftBank, Oracle and MGX—will deploy AI supercomputing hubs worldwide under the banner of “democratic AI.” Beyond expanding access to cutting‑edge models, Stargate advances OpenAI’s soft‑power strategy, forging government partnerships and balancing sovereignty with economic opportunity.

At a Senate hearing, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, AMD’s Lisa Su, CoreWeave’s Michael Intrator and Microsoft’s Brad Smith pressed for streamlined permitting of knowledge centres, power plants and chip fabs to underpin the AI tech stack. Altman cited the $500 billion Stargate project and warned that fragmented rules or strict export controls risk ceding ground to China. Senators flagged data privacy, cybersecurity and global competition, with Ted Cruz proposing an AI sandbox and Brad Smith stressing that ‘no country can win AI alone’.

OpenAI also rolled out reinforcement high-quality‑tuning (RFT) on its o4‑mini reasoning model, enabling enterprises to define Python‑based grading functions that rating outputs (0–1) and train models on custom reward signals. Early adopters saw a 39% lift in tax evaluation accuracy, 12‑point ICD‑10 gains and a 20% F1 boost on legal citation extraction. RFT runs at $100/hour (pro-rated) with a 50% discount for shared datasets; GPT‑4.1 nano supervised high-quality‑tuning also launched for all paying developers.

Following its Europe rollout, OpenAI’s Asia data‑residency program lets ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu and API customers store data at rest in Japan, India, Singapore and South Korea. The move addresses regional sovereignty rules and complements OpenAI for Countries, constructing local infrastructure for regulated sectors like finance and healthcare.

Meta’s FAIR lab has rolled out a set of open-source models pushing latest boundaries in perception, localization, and reasoning. The Meta Perception Encoder leads with top-tier zero-shot performance on image and video tasks. The Perception Language Model (PLM), trained on 2.5M human-labeled videos, excels in video QA and spatiotemporal reasoning. Meta Locate 3D decodes natural language prompts for pinpoint 3D object localization, while the Collaborative Reasoner enhances multi-agent collaboration in large language models—enabling more transparent and reproducible AI systems.

Super-Sensing Smart Glasses

Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses—Aperol and Bellini— are currently being tested with an always-on “super-sensing” mode.

Activated by “Hey Meta, start live AI,” the glasses repeatedly track your surroundings, flagging forgotten items or offering reminders. Current Ray-Ban hardware runs super-sensing for less than half-hour; the brand new models aim for multi-hour battery life. Meta can be overhauling its privacy and safety protocols to balance real-time data capture with user control, with ear-worn devices featuring integrated cameras within the works.

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