DeepSeek R1 – Charm

US accuses Chinese AI firm DeepSeek of aiding Beijing’s military and dodging chip export rules

Cs news4 weeks ago07 mins

The United States has accused Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek of aiding Beijing’s military and intelligence services, with a senior U.S. official claiming the company has also attempted to bypass export restrictions to acquire advanced American semiconductor technology. The allegations, disclosed in an interview withReuters, mark a significant escalation in Washington’s scrutiny of Chinese AI…

Tech war: Huawei launches new AI architecture said to rival Nvidia’s products

Cs news3 months ago02 mins

China’s Huawei Technologies has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure architecture that is reportedly set to rival US chip giant Nvidia’s offerings in addressing computing power bottlenecks. Introduced last week, the CloudMatrix 384 Supernode was described as a “nuclear-level product” that matched Nvidia’s NVL72 system in alleviating computing bottlenecks for AI data centres, STAR…

China’s PLA is using DeepSeek AI for non-combat support. Will actual combat be next?

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

The People’s Liberation Army is using DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) for non-combat support functions, according to Chinese media reports. Analysts expect the AI models to find imminent application in battlefield intelligence surveillance and decision-making by the Chinese military. DeepSeek’s open-source large language models (LLMs), which have drawn global attention and praise, are being used in…

‘AI race is over for us if…’: Why Sam Altman-led OpenAI warned US could fall behind China without copyright reform

Cs news4 months ago05 mins

As the global race for artificial intelligence (AI) dominance intensifies, OpenAI on Thursday warned the US government that American companies will be left far behind if they are restricted citing copyright violations while Chinese developers enjoy unlimited access to copyrighted data. This discrepancy could give China an edge in the AI race, warns OpenAI. “If…

Tencent testing DeepSeek to add China’s hottest AI technology to its Weixin super app

Cs news5 months ago02 mins

Tencent Holdings said it is testing the integration of DeepSeek’s service on Weixin, as the operator of China’s most popular super app looks to artificial intelligence (AI) to power its suite of services from social networking to e-payments and ride-hailing. In the current beta test, users can click an “AI Search” option on the search…

China’s 3 big telecoms operators rush to integrate DeepSeek models into cloud services

Cs news5 months ago03 mins

China’s three major telecoms operators have rushed to integrate DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) models into their services, as firms across the country jump on the bandwagon of the country’s hottest tech start-up. In a bid to “promote the universal application of latest AI technologies”, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have integrated DeepSeek’s models…

Tech war: DeepSeek fires up AI deployments into PCs, robots and EVs amid US sanctions

Cs news5 months ago02 mins

PC giant Lenovo Group, Shenzhen-based robotics firm UBTech and EV maker Geely are among the first major Chinese manufacturing enterprises to push DeepSeek technology into their products. Those initiatives reflect how much DeepSeek has caught the attention of the technology industry at home and abroad, following its recent AI breakthrough. The Hangzhou-based start-up released two…

What’s next for DeepSeek? AI start-up stays mum amid post-holiday plaudits

Cs news5 months ago5 months ago02 mins

But DeepSeek’s head office in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, on Wednesday kept mum on the firm’s potential next moves, as it declined all requests from news media, including the South China Morning Post. More security personnel were deployed outside its office building on the same day, according to one of the guards on…

Liang Wenfeng: Rise of a Black Swan

Cs news6 months ago6 months ago012 mins

Statistical mathematician Nassim Taleb, in his seminal work, The Black Swan, defines ‘Black Swan moments’ as highly improbable events with significant impact that are often rationalised with hindsight. In 2008, the global financial meltdown, a Black Swan event that began in the U.S., wiped out trillions of dollars, causing traders to scramble to fulfil margin…

H-1B and DeepSeek: H-1B in crosshairs in US again after China’s DeepSeek success

Cs news6 months ago011 mins

As China barged into the artificial intelligence sphere with DeepSeek R1 AI, which outmatched US-developed AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Americans trained their guns on the H-1B visa programme that US tech giants use to hire foreign workers. A debate is raging if the US lost out by ignoring its talent even as China used home-grown…