One-Minute Daily AI News 2/5/2025

1. Google opens its most powerful AI models to everyone, the next stage in its virtual agent push.[1]
2. AI researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington were able to train an AI “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, according to a new research paper released last Friday.[2]
3. The California State University system has teamed up with several major tech companies to launch a “landmark” quest to create an AI-powered higher education system.[3]
4. Cancer outcomes predicted using AI-extracted data from clinical notes.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/05/google-opens-gemini-2point0-its-most-powerful-ai-model-to-everyone.html

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/researchers-created-an-open-rival-to-openais-o1-reasoning-model-for-under-50/

[3] https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/tech-jobs-work-ai-google-nvidia-adobe-bay-area-san-jose-sjsu-school/

[4] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00335-5