OpenAI has reached a deal on deploying its AI models in the classified network of the US Department of War, the firm’s CEO Sam Altman said in a post on Saturday. The development comes amid the ongoing tussle between the Pentagon and AI startup Anthropic AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the announcement through X…
South Korean retail investors, known for their aggressive trading style, are ramping up exposure to Chinese artificial intelligence-related stocks, even as their home market ranks among the world’s top performers. Data from SEIBro, a portal operated by the Korea Securities Depository, showed that South Korean retail investors bought US$507 million worth of Hong Kong-listed shares…
A new front has opened in the global AI race, and this time the issue is not innovation but theft, national security and geopolitical rivalry. Anthropic has publicly accused three Chinese AI firms –DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax — of orchestrating what it described as coordinated “distillation attacks” on its flagship model, Claude. The claims…
DeepSeek R1 model debuted in January last year. After its launch, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared a post on X calling the AI model “impressive”, adding “it’s legit invigorating to have a new competitor”. A year later, the ChatGPT-maker is accusing the Chinese AI model of cheating. In a letter to the US House Select…
Having earned a reputation for ditching CGI in favor of practical effects in his movies, Christopher Nolan seems to harbor a similarly skeptical opinion about AI in the entertainment industry, citing Disney’s deal with OpenAI. The visionary filmmaker isn’t opposed to integrating artificial intelligence in movies. Yet, he has shared certain reservations regarding the technology…
The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. “The US continues to lead on model capabilities, and US models also have maintained a meaningful lead in science and more complex reasoning,” said the post written by OpenAI’s…
Chinese chip designer Montage Technology is set to enlist Alibaba Group Holding and JPMorgan Asset Management among the key investors in its upcoming Hong Kong listing, according to people familiar with the matter, in a sign of promising demand for the city’s latest share sale related to artificial intelligence. Alibaba and the JPMorgan Chase asset…
Top tech talent in China can expect lavish bonuses for 2025 as big tech firms from ByteDance to Tencent Holdings double down on efforts to retain and lure people with specialised skills in fields such as artificial intelligence. TikTok owner ByteDance expanded its bonus pool by 35 per cent from a year earlier, as well…
China’s artificial intelligence boom is giving rise to a new cohort of “solopreneurs”, who are turning their business dreams into reality with the help of technology, offering a glimmer of hope in an otherwise bleak job market. While there is no government data tracking this group, the proliferation of affordable AI models suggests that the…
Ant Group’s new “vibe coding” artificial intelligence app LingGuang has overwhelmed servers after user downloads surpassed 1 million in just four days, hitting the milestone faster than OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Sora, according to the Chinese fintech giant. The app’s innovative functionality of generating applications in response to users’ text prompts was temporarily suspended on Thursday…