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The U.S. has a new horse in the race to build the best open-source AI model, a competition China is currently dominating, with popular models such as Kimi K3 from Moonshot and DeepSeek’s V4. Reflection, a New York City-based AI company, today unveiled its first model, called Beam. It “advances the frontier for the Western
Reflection AI is officially unveiling Beam, its first frontier, open-weight AI model. The two-year-old startup claims Beam matches the performance of leading Chinese open models on advanced reasoning benchmarks at dramatically lower costs, a claim that could heat up the race to build a Western answer to DeepSeek, Qwen, and Z.ai. Reflection’s announcement confirms reporting
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said there was a fundamental difference in worldview between his company and rival Anthropic on artificial intelligence regulation, arguing in an exclusive interview with Decoded by POLITICO that the technology’s benefits justify accepting some risks — and that AI should remain broadly accessible to the public. “I think there’s a lot
David Robinson, a leader on OpenAI’s Safety Systems team who quit the company this week, once had ambitions to bring philosophy to journalism. A Rhodes Scholar, Robinson graduated from Princeton in 2004 with a degree in philosophy. At Princeton, he led the school newspaper’s opinion section. In a 2003 interview with the Daily Princetonian, Robinson
Electric pressure washers promise a way to clean patios, driveways, cars and siding without the noise, fuel or maintenance associated with gas-powered machines. Because of their convenience, it’s no surprise that these battery and corded electric models dominate our testing. But with prices ranging from entry-level to premium, it’s fair to ask how much performance
