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Feb 02, 2025

The EU AI Act Becomes Real: First Bans Take Effect in February 2025

On 2 February 2025 the first provisions of the EU AI Act entered into force, banning a set of high-risk practices and turning the world’s most ambitious AI law from theory into operational reality.

#eu-ai-act#regulation#compliance

Jan 31, 2025

OpenAI o3-mini: What a Free Frontier-Style Model Means for Everyday Users

At the end of January 2025, OpenAI released o3-mini, a smaller but highly capable reasoning model available even to free-tier ChatGPT users, signalling a new phase in AI accessibility and competitive pressure after DeepSeek’s rise.

#openai#o3-mini#generative-ai

Jan 30, 2025

Two Years of Learning in Six Weeks: What a Nigerian GPT-4 Tutoring Study Tells Us About AI in Education

A January 2025 study from Nigeria reported that AI-assisted tutoring with GPT-4 helped students achieve learning gains equivalent to roughly two school years in just six weeks, with particularly strong impact for girls who started behind.

#education#gpt-4#tutoring

Jan 25, 2025

DeepSeek-R1: How an Open-Weight Frontier Model Reshaped the AI Race

China’s DeepSeek-R1 frontier model burst into the spotlight in January 2025 with open weights, low training cost and reasoning performance comparable to Western closed models, triggering market shock and a new phase in the global AI race.

#deepseek-r1#open-weight#frontier-models

Jan 23, 2025

Removing Barriers to American Leadership in AI: What the New US Executive Order Really Does

On 23 January 2025, a new US executive order swept away previous federal AI directives, reframing Washington’s approach around deregulation and global competitiveness—with major implications for safety, governance and international alignment.

#policy#regulation#united-states

Jan 13, 2025

The UK’s Plan to Turbocharge AI: Opportunities and Risks in the New National Blueprint

On 13 January 2025, the UK government presented a national blueprint to ‘turbocharge AI’, promising investment, regulatory streamlining and full adoption of an ambitious AI Opportunities Action Plan across government and industry.

#uk#policy#ai-strategy