DeepSeek, the latest entrant in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, has become the most downloaded app on Apple’s App Store in the US, sparking anxiety across Silicon Valley with its meteoric rise. The app is already being compared to those of industry giants like OpenAI, Google and Microsoft. Hours after the app topped the App…
Jan 27, 2025 12:24 PM IST Despite its sudden rise, little is known about the company, which has rapidly become a symbol of China’s growing prowess in artificial intelligence. Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has reportedly overtaken ChatGPT to become the top-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the US as of Monday, January 27,…
DeepSeek, a small Chinese AI startup, released a flagship model on January 20. The startup caught competitors in Silicon Valley and the AI world by surprise. DeepSeek engineers said they’re building the models with inferior Nvidia chips and less capital. DeepSeek hit No. 1 on the Apple App Store’s Top Free Apps Chart days after…
In January 2025, China’s DeepSeek AI lab introduced its new AI model, DeepSeek-V3, shaking up the global tech scene. This development has raised concerns among U.S. tech giants, as it threatens the U.S.’s leading position in artificial intelligence. For years, companies in the US, like OpenAI, Meta, and Google, have been at the forefront of…
The Stargate Project – a venture initially led by SoftBank Group, ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Oracle and Emirati investment firm MGX – plans to plough up to US$500 billion in the US over the next four years into an advanced network of data centres, housing high-performance computing infrastructure needed for AI development initiatives. The first such…
TikTok parent ByteDance has launched an updated version of Doubao, China’s most popular consumer-facing artificial intelligence (AI) app, as the tech giant accelerates AI development despite US export restrictions on advanced chips. The Beijing-based company introduced its closed-source multimodal model Doubao 1.5 Pro on Wednesday, emphasising a “resource-efficient” training approach that it said does not…
Liang Wenfeng, 40, took part in the meeting where a select group of industry experts – in the fields of technology, education, science, culture, health and sports – offered Li their opinions and suggestions for a draft government work report, according to official news agency Xinhua. Hangzhou-based start-up DeepSeek last December made waves in the…
Shi Yuxiang is eager to find out what the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology has to offer in video-making. But with OpenAI’s long-awaited Sora video generation tool launching only earlier this month, the 34-year-old entertainment industry professional from Beijing has been experimenting with a wide range of Chinese alternatives. “Whenever there’s a new product release,…