GenAI/News Jun 11 25: Zuckerberg Makes a $14B Hire!, OpenAI Releases o3 pro, News Getting Crushed and more...
I got outvoted!!!
I lost the vote this AM in our news show. I think the the Meta investment in Scale AI is Essential reading! Meta’s aggressiveness to give away their model for free (its not true open source), and Zuck’s commitment to speed and quality (e.g. performance, not quality as in truth [I don’t think he cares a lot about truth on his platform]). Traditional content players like the WSJ are bleeding out faster than Sherlock Holmes did when Dr. Moriarty tried to kill him. And last but not least our friends at the naming-impaired firm OpenAI have launched a new reasoning model that seems to have some chops. We’ll see…
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Today there were 2 Essential, 2 Important, and 3 Optional articles.
News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools
Rating: Essential
Rationale: Google’s AI Overviews are altering how people access news, driving down traffic for publishers by summarizing content directly in search. This threatens the traditional ad-based model of many organizations. Our analysts noted this isn't just a media problem—any business that depends on search-driven traffic, including e-commerce, SaaS, and information services, is at risk. The discussion highlighted the urgent need for companies to rethink digital visibility in an AI-first ecosystem.
OpenAI releases o3-pro
Rating: Essential
Rationale: OpenAI has released o3-pro, a new tier of its o3 AI reasoning model with improved performance across programming, business analysis, and scientific understanding. It supports better instruction following, multilingual capabilities, and code reasoning. Our analysts emphasized that this release significantly raises the bar for large language model capabilities in applied reasoning, marking it as a strategic advancement for OpenAI’s model stack.
Zip debuts 50 AI agents to kill procurement inefficiencies—OpenAI is already on board
Rating: Important
Rationale: Zip has launched 50 modular AI agents aimed at automating procurement processes like approvals, policy checks, and data handling, helping companies like OpenAI and Canva reduce manual workload. Our analysts saw this as a clear demonstration of how AI automation can modernize enterprise operations and eliminate inefficiencies in manual workflows.
Zuckerberg makes his biggest AI bet as Meta nears $14 billion stake in Scale AI
Rating: Important
Rationale: Meta is reportedly investing nearly $14 billion in Scale AI to advance its artificial intelligence ambitions, marking its largest external investment. Our analysts noted the strategic significance of this deal as Meta seeks to compete with top players like OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek in long-term AI development.
Mistral releases a pair of AI reasoning models
Rating: Optional
Rationale: Mistral introduced two new reasoning models, Magistral Small and Magistral Medium, offering multilingual capabilities and step-by-step reasoning. Our analysts acknowledged the transparency, the 10x performance and open-weight nature of the release but pointed out the models’ relatively lower performance in benchmarks compared to leading models.
Announcing Krea 1
Rating: Optional
Rationale: Krea released Krea 1, a diffusion-based generative AI model for image creation, capable of real-time previews and advanced texture control. While the model offers value for creative professionals, our analysts agreed that its scope is currently limited to artistic and design use cases rather than broad enterprise adoption.
LVMH Deploys AI Tools Across Operation, Seeking Efficiency and Customer Retention
Rating: Optional
Rationale: LVMH is scaling AI across its fashion and retail businesses to optimize customer retention and operational efficiency. Analysts viewed this as a case of AI in retail with limited novelty, mostly demonstrating catch-up rather than breakthrough innovation in enterprise AI deployment.
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