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1 week ago | the-decoder.com | Maximilian Schreiner

Summary A new MIT study suggests that using AI writing assistants like ChatGPT can lead to what researchers call "cognitive debt" - a state where outsourcing mental effort weakens learning and critical thinking. The findings raise important questions about how large language models (LLMs) shape our brains and writing skills, especially in education.

1 week ago | the-decoder.com | Maximilian Schreiner

Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk's AI startup xAI is currently burning through about $1 billion every month. The main drivers are steep infrastructure and chip costs for building its Grok chatbot. According to Bloomberg's sources, xAI expects to lose $13 billion in 2025 while bringing in just $500 million in revenue. The company is aiming for profitability by 2027. To keep operations running, xAI is planning a $4.3 billion capital raise and is also seeking $5 billion in debt.

1 week ago | the-decoder.com | Maximilian Schreiner

The Chinese AI startup MiniMax has released MiniMax-M1, a new open-source language model designed to outperform Deepseek's R1. MiniMax-M1 is a reasoning-focused model with a massive context window of up to one million tokens and a "thinking" budget of up to 80,000 tokens. The model uses an especially efficient reinforcement learning approach, making it much leaner than other open-source options. It's available for free under the Apache-2.0 license.

1 week ago | the-decoder.com | Maximilian Schreiner

Summary The Luxembourg government is partnering with the French AI startup Mistral AI to bring artificial intelligence into government, research, and defense. The deal involves multiple ministries, including those responsible for the economy, digitalization, defense, and research, with the goal of integrating AI into public sector processes and positioning Luxembourg as a hub for sovereign data-driven industries.

1 week ago | the-decoder.com | Maximilian Schreiner

Summary AMD is aiming to challenge Nvidia's dominance in the AI chip market with its new Instinct MI350 series accelerators. The company hopes the chips will offer advantages in certain workloads and lower total costs, but software remains a sticking point. AMD recently unveiled two new AI chips, the Instinct MI350X and MI355X, based on its latest CDNA 4 architecture and built on TSMC's 3-nanometer process.