
Top stories today:
- Alibabaās QwQ-32B open-weight model on par with DeepSeek R1
- OpenAI tells investors it may be planning agents between $2K-$20K/mo
- Trump delays auto tariffs on Canada, Mexico for 1 month
- MacBook Air upgraded with M4 chip, starting at $999
- Google Search adds āAI Modeā to rival Perplexity AI, ChatGPT
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1. 32B open-weight model from Alibaba on par with DeepSeek R1
QwQ-32B has rivaled DeepSeek R1 and surpassed OpenAIās o1-mini in benchmarks, per Alibaba:
Apache 2.0 licensed.
Can typically work with 24GB vRAM GPU, vs. 1500GB+ vRAM required by R1.
131.072K token context length.
However, QwQ-32B has censored certain queries, including those about the Tiananmen Square incident
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3. OpenAI tells investors it may be planning agents between $2K-$20K/mo

20%-25% of OpenAIās revenue is expected to come from agents over time.
High-end AI agents could act like PhD-level researchers.
$200/m ChatGPT Pro is currently OpenAIās most expensive subscription.
ā[W]e have to charge much more than $200 a month,ā Sam Altman said regarding agent pricing in Feb.
4. Trump delays auto tariffs on Canada, Mexico for 1 month










