OpenAI Unveils Plans for New 'Open' Model to Harness Cloud Power for Advanced Tasks

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• 🌐 Tech Pulse: Study: Building Leading AI Data Centers Could Cost $200 Billion by 2031.

• 5 New Tools on the Block

• 🔎 Spotlight: OpenAI Plans for New 'Open' Model to Leverage Cloud-Based Systems for Complex Tasks.

• ✅ To-dos

🌐 Tech Pulse

1. Intel Mandates Four-Day Office Requirement in Major Remote Work Policy Shift.

2. Study: Building Leading AI Data Centers Could Cost $200 Billion by 2031.

3. OpenAI Plans for New 'Open' Model to Leverage Cloud-Based Systems for Complex Tasks.

4. Tech Industry Cuts Continue: Over 23,400 Workers Laid Off in April Alone.

5. Meta Slashes 100+ Jobs in Reality Labs Division, Restructuring VR/AR Operations.

6. Trump's Tariff Standoff with China Creates Chaos for Tech Supply Chains.

7. Expedia Cuts 3% of Workforce, Primarily Affecting Product and Technology Teams.

8. Nvidia's RTX 5070 Expected to Launch Alongside RTX 5090 at CES 2025.

9. Cars24 Reduces Workforce by 200 Employees in Product and Technology Divisions.

10. Meta AI Expands to 21 Additional Countries, Adds Support for Ray-Ban Smart Glasses.

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🔎 Spotlight: OpenAI Plans for New 'Open' Model to Leverage Cloud-Based Systems for Complex Tasks.

OpenAI is reportedly planning to release a free, open-source AI model this summer that aims to be competitive with existing open models. A key and potentially unique feature being considered is a "handoff" capability, allowing the smaller open model to connect to OpenAI's more powerful cloud models to handle complex tasks. This approach, inspired by developer feedback, could potentially integrate the open-source community with OpenAI's commercial services, though details like pricing and availability are currently unknown.

Here’s Why it Matters

• It's OpenAI's first truly "open" release in roughly five years, meaning it will be available for download at no cost and not gated behind an API.

• It is targeting performance superior to open models from Meta and DeepSeek on certain benchmarks, potentially raising the bar for freely available AI systems.

• A potential "handoff" feature could allow the local model to connect to OpenAI’s cloud-hosted models for a substantial computational lift when answering complex queries, possibly integrating open source users into OpenAI's premium ecosystem.

Sources: TechCrunch

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