🎥 Fast Takes on AI: A Moment with Geoffrey Hinton | AiNews Brief

This week’s Fast Take features Dr. Geoffrey Hinton in a short but meaningful conversation recorded for AiNews by bestselling author and journalist Jim Harris. In just a few minutes, Hinton shares his views on the Nobel Prize’s limitations in recognizing AI, why Google hesitated to release a chatbot, and how AI tutors could reshape education in the coming years.

Today’s Headlines:

• Microsoft Unveils BitNet: A 1-Bit AI Model That Runs on CPUs - Microsoft researchers have developed a radically efficient AI model called BitNet b1.58 2B4T, an open source 1-bit large language model (LLM) with two billion parameters trained on four trillion tokens that runs on standard CPUs and consumes less memory than nearly any model in its class.

  
  
  

  
  

• OpenAI Launches Flex Pricing for Slower, Cheaper AI Model Access - OpenAI has launched Flex processing, a new pricing tier for its API that trades speed and guaranteed availability for significantly reduced costs. The option is now available in beta for OpenAI’s o3 and o4-mini models and targets lower-priority use cases like data enrichment, model evaluations, and asynchronous workflows.
  
  
  
  
  

• Google Launches Gemini 2.5 Flash, a Faster AI Model with Thinking Control - Google has rolled out Gemini 2.5 Flash in preview, its newest AI model designed to combine high performance with developer-friendly cost and speed. Now available in preview through Google AI Studio, Vertex AI, and the Gemini app, 2.5 Flash introduces a unique feature: controllable reasoning, letting users adjust how much “thinking” the model does before responding.
  
  
  
  
  

• Perplexity AI Named Default Assistant on Motorola Phones, Samsung in Talks - Perplexity is making moves to embed its technology deeper into mobile devices. The company has secured a deal with Motorola and is in early-stage talks with Samsung Electronics to expand its reach across the Android ecosystem.
  
  
  
  

• xAI Adds Memory Feature to Grok for Personalized AI Responses - xAI has introduced a “memory” feature for its Grok chatbot, enabling it to remember details from previous user interactions. The update brings Grok a step closer to competitors like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, both of which already support persistent user memory.
  
  
  
  

• TCLtv+ Premieres Award-Winning AI Short Film ‘Memory Maker’ - TCLtv+ has premiered the acclaimed AI-driven short film Memory Maker—now available to stream in the platform’s growing Originals collection. Directed by Nik Kleverov and based on his original story concept, Memory Maker imagines a future where artists paint human memories to help androids feel alive.

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Today’s AI in Action: Transform your spreadsheets with AI in Google Sheets

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Google Sheets' new AI formula to generate content, analyze data, and create custom outputs directly in your spreadsheet—all with a simple command.

Step-by-step:

• Open Google Sheets through your Google Workspace account (it’s slowly being rolled out).

• In any cell, type =AI("your prompt", [optional cell reference]) with specific prompts like "Summarize this customer feedback in three bullet points."

• Apply your formula to multiple cells by dragging the corner handle down an entire column for batch processing.

• Combine with standard functions like IF() and CONCATENATE() to create powerful workflows, and use "Refresh and insert" anytime you need updated content.

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