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What is DeepSeek and why is it disrupting the AI sector?
Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of its latest AI models, which it says are on a par or better than industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost, is thre...
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HEDGE FLOW Hedge funds were pausing US AI bets as DeepSeek emerged, says Goldman
Hedge funds were already waiting to see if a U.S.-fostered, home-grown artificial intelligence boom would continue as China's new AI model was emerging to challenge U.S. dominance ...
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China's DeepSeek sparks AI market rout
Technology shares around the world slid on Monday as a surge in popularity of a Chinese discount artificial intelligence model shook investors' faith in the AI sector's voracious d...
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek overtakes ChatGPT on Apple App Store
Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI Assistant on Monday overtook rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States.
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Don't let AI 'rip off' artists, Beatles star McCartney warns UK government
Beatles musician Paul McCartney has warned that artificial intelligence could be used to "rip off" artists, urging the British government to make sure upcoming copyright reforms pr...
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Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI
Google already faces a regulatory onslaught on many fronts.
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OpenAI faces new copyright case, from global book publishers in India
Indian book publishers and their international counterparts have filed a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New Delhi, a representative said on Friday, the latest in a series of g...
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NTT DATA boss calls for global standards on AI regulation at Davos
The chief executive of Japanese IT company NTT DATA said global standards in regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) would reduce risks in the development of the fast-emerging t...
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Meta seeks urgent fix to AI chatbot's confusion on name of US president
The inability of Meta's AI chatbot to identify the current president of the United States was elevated to urgent status by the Facebook owner this week, requiring a fast fix, a per...
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Trump orders AI action plan and more work erasing Biden's AI efforts
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order related to AI to "make America the world capital in artificial intelligence," his aide told reporters in the White...
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OpenAI unveils tool to automate web tasks as AI agents take center-stage
Generative artificial intelligence heavyweight OpenAI on Thursday previewed an AI agent that can carry out tasks on the web for users, as it seeks to enhance its chatbot amid inten...
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Focus: Behind $500 billion AI data center plan, US startups jockey with tech giants
This week's announcement by President Donald Trump of a massive private-sector investment to build more AI data centers casts a spotlight on a relatively small and nimble class of ...
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AI startup Perplexity launches assistant-like feature for Android devices
Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity launched an agent-based assistant for Android devices on Thursday as it looks to take on larger rival OpenAI's ChatGPT and incumbent assi...
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Microsoft to train 1 million South Africans on AI skills
Microsoft aims to provide 1 million people in South Africa with artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security training opportunities by 2026, Lillian Barnard, President for Micro...
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Exclusive: OpenAI tells India court ChatGPT data removal will breach US legal obligations
OpenAI has told an Indian court that any order to remove training data powering its ChatGPT service would be inconsistent with its legal obligations in the United States, according...
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Meta backs data analytics firm Databricks as AI boom attracts investors
Databricks said on Wednesday Meta Platforms had joined as an investor in a $10 billion funding round intended to fuel the data analytics startup's expansion plans and new product d...
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TikTok owner ByteDance, DeepSeek lead Chinese push in AI reasoning
TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday released an update to its flagship AI model as a global race intensified to create AI models capable of tackling complex problems.
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Google to invest fresh $1 bln in OpenAI rival Anthropic, FT reports
Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1 billion into AI startup Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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