With around six million dollars and a stockpile of chips acquired before Washington banned their export to China, startup DeepSeek has produced what Chinese tech titans couldn't—a world-class AI chatbot.
DeepSeek has delighted the Chinese internet ahead of Lunar New Year, the country's biggest holiday. It's good news for a beleaguered economy and a tech industry that is bracing for further tariffs and the possible sale of TikTok's US business.
Those who have had professional dealings with DeepSeek say he is obsessed with human-like artificial general intelligence ( AGI) and the impact it could have on the world. In his pursuit of it, DeepSeek’s founder is up-ending ideas about technological progress both in the West and China.
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.
China aims to dominate in artificial intelligence and a growing variety of technologies. What it means for U.S. policymakers and investors.
This rapid advancement marks a turning point in the AI race between the U.S. and China. Until recently, many Western experts believed the U.S. maintained a multi-year lead over China in AI development.
BEIJING: Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the
On January 23, the Bank of China presented the "Action Plan for Supporting the Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry Chain." Over the next five years, the bank will allocate at least 1 trillion yuan,
A senior staffer's short-lived promotion in the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee caused a stir Wednesday over his past lobbying for sanctioned Chinese drone maker DJI. Newsweek reached out to Mark Aitken and the House Foreign Affairs Committee with written requests for comment.
On 12 January, two days after the release of DeepSeek-R1, ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, released an update to its flagship AI model, claiming to have passed OpenAI's o1 version (backed by Microsoft) in AIME, a benchmark test that measures the ability of AI models to understand and respond to complex instructions.
On March 25, Great Wall Motor's premium intelligent pickup truck, the Shanhai POER, made an impressive appearance at the Bangkok International Motor Show 2024 in Thailand, and officially commenced its pre-sale in the local market.