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OpenAI has introduced a new initiative called the "Pioneers Program" aimed at developing AI benchmarks tailored to specific industries. The company says the goal is to create evaluation methods that better reflect real-world use cases in areas such as law, finance, and healthcare—domains where existing benchmarks fall short. According to OpenAI, current AI benchmarks are often flawed. They tend to measure tasks that are difficult to interpret or overly susceptible to manipulation—criticisms that have also been directed at OpenAI itself. As reported previously, the company has faced scrutiny over its involvement in funding and promoting a prominent math evaluation dataset. In the coming months, OpenAI plans to collaborate with multiple companies to build domain-specific evaluation tools. These benchmarks will eventually be released publicly. The first cohort includes select startups focused on practical AI applications. Participating companies will also have the opportunity to work with OpenAI on improving model performance via reinforcement fine-tuning, a method the company recently introduced for customizing expert-level language models.

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Amazon has introduced Nova Sonic, a new AI voice model designed to process speech natively and generate natural-sounding responses. The model reportedly matches the performance of leading speech models from OpenAI and Google in key metrics like speed, speech recognition, and call quality. The company has made Nova Sonic available through its Bedrock developer platform at what it claims is an 80% lower cost compared to OpenAI's GPT-4o, though OpenAI does offer a more affordable option with GPT-4o-Mini. Some components of Nova Sonic are already integrated into Amazon's Alexa+ service. According to Rohit Prasad, SVP and Chief Scientist for AGI at Amazon, the model stands out for its ability to handle speech recognition in challenging conditions and efficiently route user requests to various APIs.

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According to The Information, Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement on a joint venture to operate Intel's US fabs. TSMC will take a 20 percent stake. The US government had urged the two companies to find a solution to Intel's ongoing problems. Intel recently reported a net loss of $18.8 billion for 2024. Previous attempts to act as a contract manufacturer have failed due to quality issues. TSMC was previously rumored to have offered Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom shares in the joint venture. However, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang denied these rumors.

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