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Why it matters: A team from Stanford and the University of Washington trained a reasoning model, s1, for just $50 in cloud credits. The model rivals OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1, showing that cutting-edge AI may no longer require massive budgets.
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What’s next:As AI giants like Meta, Google, and Microsoft pour billions into next-gen models, s1’s success highlights the growing accessibility of AI innovation. But legal battles over data use and intellectual property could shape the future of open AI development.