AI Pulse News Roundup (January 2025 Edition)

OpenAI has introduced a new Custom Instructions interface for ChatGPT, allowing users to provide more information and specify traits to personalize responses. OpenAI

Microsoft published the rStar-Math technique, enabling small language models to achieve 90% accuracy on advanced mathematics benchmarks despite their size. Microsoft

Alibaba unveiled a new web interface for its Qwen language models, featuring its Qwen2.5-Plus flagship model alongside specialized versions for vision, reasoning, and coding tasks. AliHome

Cohere launched North, a new enterprise AI platform built on the company’s Command R model, featuring custom assistants, search capabilities, content generation, and more. Cohere

Hailuo AI debuted its S2V-01 video model, which can maintain consistent character appearance across video sequences with just a single reference image. hailuo.ai

ByteDance introduced STAR, a video upscaling tool that uses text-to-video AI to achieve state-of-the-art clarity in outputs. ByteDance

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