DeepSeek Still Making Headlines

Grok3's new features, DeepSeek: investors get nervous and image models roll out, AI and marketing, Skills needed for the AI era, Meta remembers you! (plus an AI comic!)

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Brad Reynolds
March 12, 2025

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Welcome to Crawl Walk Run AI, curated by Brad Reynolds. I hope you're enjoying this weekly newsletter focused on keeping you informed about the AI world. Let me know if there are any topics you'd like to read about!

Meta Now Remembers You!
The Verge

  • Meta uses memory to personalize recommendations based on user interactions.

  • The chatbot references Facebook and Instagram activities for better suggestions.

  • Personalization includes: dietary preferences and location-specific events.

  • Users can delete memories, but cannot opt out of personalization features.

  • Nvidia's market valuation drops $513 billion due to DeepSeek's AI launch.

  • DeepSeek's AI model matches OpenAI's but at significantly lower costs.

  • Other major companies, including Microsoft and AMD, also experienced declines.

  • Analysts doubt DeepSeek's model developed without advanced GPU assistance.

  • Generative AI fluency is becoming essential for most modern job roles.

  • Human skills like communication and stakeholder management remain crucial.

  • India leads in AI learning, with significant enrollment from Colombia and Mexico.

  • The gender gap is critical, with only 28% of AI course enrollments by women.

  • AI agents act as digital teammates, boosting productivity by 15-20%.

  • Effective marketing: combining AI with human creativity for optimal results.

  • AI automated outreach: a 94% higher conversion rate.

  • Marketers should focus on creativity/strategy, letting AI handle repetitive tasks.

  • Janus-Pro claims to outperform OpenAI's DALL-E 3, available on Hugging Face.

  • Models range from 1 - 7 billion parameters, offering unrestricted commercial use.

  • Janus-Pro excels in multimodal tasks.

  • DeepSeek's rise raises questions on U.S. AI leadership and meeting chip demand.

  • Grok 3 briefly became accessible, showcasing advances in coding queries.

  • Features a system prompt workaround for political biases.

  • Grok 3 trained with 10x more compute than its predecessor using 100,000 GPUs.

  • Grok aims to deliver edgier responses and includes an upcoming Unhinged Mode.

If you have any data or AI topics you'd like us to cover, or if you have questions about implementing Artificial Intelligence in your organization, please reach out!  It's a pleasure exploring this new world of technology with you all.

Sincerely,
Brad

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