AI News - January 13, 2025

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We're excited to bring you this week's roundup of the most fascinating AI news, updates, and breakthroughs! Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and explore the incredible world of AI with us.

🔥 Top AI Stories of the Week

  1. AI Deepfakes of the Hollywood sign burning down during the ongoing Los Angeles fires went viral online. [Link]

  2. Researchers at Stanford University call for AI to help create a “virtual human cell” to speed research into the human body. [Link]

  3. The driver who died in the Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas used ChatGPT to help plan it. [Link]

  4. Microsoft Corporation releases its Phi 4 model on Hugging Face. [Link]

  5. Jensen Huang, The CEO of NVidia Corporation, delivers the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show keynote address to discuss its latest plans for AI and Robotics hardware. [Link]

  6. OpenAI has awarded a one million USD grant to Duke University to study human morality. [Link]

  7. A U.S. Commission has recommended that the government fund a ‘Manhattan Project’ to counter Chinese advances in AI. [Link]

  8. UK Prime Minister announces that the government will make major investments in AI over the next five years. [Link]

  9. Microsoft Corporation has sued a group of unnamed software developers for creating tools to bypass safety restrictions on its large language models. [Link]

  10. Google is consolidating its AI teams into its Deepmind subsidiary in order to create models that mimic the real world. [Link]

  11. Several Hong Kong based AI startups stand out at the 2025 CES. [Link]