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Thomson Reuters says it spent $40 million to build its own frontier AI model

August 25, 2026

The company started with an open-source foundation, then trained Thomson on proprietary legal, tax and Reuters content.

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Meta abandons open-source AI strategy in pursuit of paid model

December 11, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg's company is developing a closed AI system codenamed Avocado, marking a major shift from its previous approach.

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