DeepSeek

No, China isn’t killing its open AI (yet)

DeepSeek raises US$15 billion in challenge to leading US labs

Chinese AI DeepSeek has the ability to compete with US AI models at a fraction of the latter’s costs.

China opposes ban on use of DeepSeek by US government agencies

The US Department of Homeland Security on Oct 19 banned products developed by DeepSeek, saying they risked sharing sensitive data with China.

US banning Chinese AI DeepSeek from government agency IT systems

Several US agencies have already banned the use of DeepSeek on government devices.

DeepSeek pushes out ‘faster, leaner’ updated AI model

DeepSeek unveiled the V4.1-Flash-1017 in the late afternoon on Oct 17 with a series of posts on X.

In race with US, China struggles to recruit foreign AI researchers

Over the past two years, China has flung open its doors to international researchers, introducing a visa for scientists and offering lucrative research grants.

DeepSeek set to raise at least $15 billion in Tencent-backed funding

DeepSeek’s funding sets the stage for one of the most highly anticipated Chinese market debuts in years.

DeepSeek partners with Huawei to develop chip programming tools, reducing reliance on Nvidia

DeepSeek said it was open-sourcing programming infrastructure for Huawei’s Ascend platform, including compute and communication libraries.

DeepSeek to brief UN Security Council on AI this week, sources say

DeepSeek and other Chinese AI firms, including Moonshot, have been invited to make statements, a sources said.

China’s hackers use DeepSeek for attacks, researchers say

State-affiliated cyber groups have more than doubled the amount of attacks.

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