OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle have announced The Stargate Project, a joint venture to build multiple AI data centers across the United States. The initiative begins with a Texas facility and commits $100 billion initially, with plans to invest up to $500 billion over four years. The project aims to create 100,000 jobs and strengthen US AI infrastructure.

Microsoft and OpenAI have modified their partnership agreement, allowing OpenAI to access non-Azure computing resources while maintaining core aspects of their collaboration through 2030. The updated deal preserves Microsoft's exclusive rights to OpenAI's technology for products like Copilot and retains their revenue-sharing arrangement, addressing OpenAI's growing compute needs.

Perplexity introduced Sonar, an API service enabling developers to integrate AI search capabilities into applications. The service offers two tiers: a basic version and Sonar Pro for complex queries, with customizable source selection. Zoom has already implemented Sonar for real-time AI assistance. Perplexity claims to offer the most affordable search API while outperforming competitors in accuracy benchmarks.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei revealed plans to add voice interaction and conversation memory features to Claude chatbot. Speaking at Davos, he noted overwhelming demand and upcoming smarter AI models. Despite raising $13.7B, Anthropic reported losses and seeks additional $2B funding at $60B valuation.

Tencent launched Hunyuan3D 2.0, an open-source AI system that converts single images or text descriptions into detailed 3D models within seconds, significantly faster than traditional manual methods. The system uses innovative techniques for consistent multi-view generation and improved texture synthesis, outperforming existing solutions while requiring less computing power.