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One day after R1 came out, Google quietly released an [update](https://x.com/OfficialLoganK/status/1881844578069999809) to its Gemini 2.0 Flash thinking model that beat R1 and all other models in most benchmarks, and currently sits in first place overall on the Chatbot Arena [leaderboard](https://lmarena.ai/?leaderboard).

The Fallout From DeepSeek

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Lead a source-a-thon: Rally your broader team, then provide them with the criteria for invitees and a spreadsheet to capture names, LinkedIn pages, email addresses if they have them, and whether they feel comfortable reaching out.

Cut Through The Small Talk and Connect - Lessons from 130+ Dinners, Summits and Salons

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Suppose you are Google and a user clicks on an ad which leads to a $1 purchase. The strategic question is how Google positions itself to get the most of that $1 vs the complements and substitutes in this chart, now and in the future.

Let’s say you run a startup that has a successf...

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