Decrypt’s Art, Fashion, and Entertainment Hub. Discover SCENEOpenAI's new Deep Research agent promises to transform how users collate data online by autonomously browsing the internet, analyzing responses, and delivering comprehensive documents on any topic.The AI company showed off its capabilities by tackling everything from ski purchase recommendations to advanced biology papers.But it’s not for the poor. OpenAI limits access to Pro users who shell out $200 monthly for the privilege.There’s a reason behind the high price: “It is very compute-intensive and slow, but it's the first AI system that can do such a wide variety of complex, valuable tasks,” Sam Altman tweeted.it is very compute-intensive and slow, but it's the first ai system that can do such a wide variety of complex, valuable tasks. going live in our pro tier now, with 100 queries per month. plus, team, and enterprise will come soon, and then free tier. — Sam Altman (@sama) February 3, 2025Yeah, well, that’s not entirely true

Thanks to the advent of cloud computing and distributed digital infrastructure, the one-person micro-enterprise is far from a novel concept. Cheap on-demand compute, remote collaboration, payment processing APIs, social media, and e-commerce marketplaces have all made it easier to “go it alone” as an entrepreneur.But what about scaling that one-person business into something meatier — an enterprise of unicorn proportions?Historically, this would have been an unfathomably tough task, due to the skills and resources required, not only to scale a product but also to grow and maintain a sufficiently bountiful customer base. But AI agents could unshackle the would-be solo-preneurs of the world.AI agents are all about embedding human workflows into software, freeing the human to do more in less time. Agents can be assigned tasks, and they can make decisions with varying degrees of autonomy. Multiple AI agents could even collaborate on complementary tasks, paving the way for getting some real work done entirely autonomously.In an interview last year with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, OpenAI’s Sam Altman predicted this exact scenario.“In my little group chat with my tech CEO friends, there’s this betting pool for the first year that there is a one-person billion-dollar company,” Altman said. “Which would have been unimaginable without AI — and now [it] will happen.”In a discussion at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos last week, a panel of entrepreneurs and investors also discussed the prospect of the single-person billion-dollar enterprise — and, more importantly, what this might mean for the future of employment.In humans we trustRecent history reveals a slew of svelte billion-dollar companies

HANOI, Vietnam, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Industrial AI Federation, Aitomatic, and the National Innovation Center of Vietnam announced today the AI-Semiconductor Conference (AISC) 2025. The conference will bring together over 1,000 global industry leaders from Google DeepMind, Stanford, Intel, TSMC, and Samsung to explore AI technologies transforming the $500B semiconductor and chip design industry. Taking place March 12-14, 2025, AISC will feature the world premiere of SemiKong, the breakthrough semiconductor foundation model that has demonstrated significant yield improvements in advanced chip manufacturing.Following the success of the International Industrial-AI Conference (IIAC) at Stanford, AISC 2025 features an unprecedented assembly of global technology pioneers:Eric Schmidt , former CEO of Google, discussing strategic economic development in the age of AI, exploring opportunities and considerations for global technological advancement, former CEO of Google, discussing strategic economic development in the age of AI, exploring opportunities and considerations for global technological advancement Christopher Nguyen, pioneer in Domain-Expert AI Agents (DXAs) and global leader in industrial AI, presenting transformative applications in semiconductor manufacturingQuoc Le of Google DeepMind, presenting advances at the forefront of AI in Planning and Reasoning autonomyof Google DeepMind, presenting advances at the forefront of AI in Planning and Reasoning autonomy Azalia Mirhoseini of Stanford , sharing breakthroughs in end-to-end AI-driven chip design from idea to manufacturingof , sharing breakthroughs in end-to-end AI-driven chip design from idea to manufacturing Richard Socher of YOU.COM, exploring fundamental advances in AI for ScienceVP Bank, one of Vietnam's top-three innovative banks, showcasing strategic application of AI across banking operations and customer servicestop-three innovative banks, showcasing strategic application of AI across banking operations and customer services Michael Kokalari of Stanford , presenting insights into Southeast Asia's economic outlook for the next decade, presenting insights into economic outlook for the next decade Industry leaders from Intel, IBM Research, and Honeywell, discussing practical implementations of AI in manufacturing"AISC 2025 marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of AI and semiconductor technologies," said Dr. Christopher Nguyen, General Co-Chair of AISC. "We're bringing together the world's foremost innovators to showcase real breakthroughs at the intersection of AI and semiconductors."A major highlight will be the world premiere of SemiKong, developed through collaboration between Aitomatic, Tokyo Electron, and FPT Software