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‘Game on’: Tech execs say DeepSeek ramps up China-U.S. competition but won’t hurt OpenAI

At France’s AI Action Summit, tech bosses told CNBC that DeepSeek demonstrates that China can’t be counted out as a serious player in AI.

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South Korea bans new downloads of China’s DeepSeek AI

App stores in South Korea have removed DeepSeek over concerns about how it manages users’ data.

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Can sim drivers make the shift to F1? Max Verstappen thinks so

Motorsports have long been a pay-to-play arena, with young drivers spending thousands of dollars just to get started in karting. Four-time Formula One champion Max Verstappen knows this all too well, but he also sees a way to change it … Continue reading

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Researchers are training AI to interpret animal emotions

Artificial intelligence could eventually help us understand when animals are in pain or showing other emotions — at least according to researchers recently profiled in Science. For example, there’s the Intellipig system being developed by scientists at the University of … Continue reading

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Broadcom, TSMC reportedly exploring deals that would split up Intel

Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are separately exploring deals to take over parts of Intel, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Broadcom is reportedly considering an acquisition of Intel’s chip-design and marketing business, and would … Continue reading

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YouTube TV reaches new deal to keep Paramount content

After warnings that Paramount content was about to disappear from Google’s pay TV service YouTube TV, the companies announced late Saturday that the’d reached a deal that averting any disruption to channel availability. Those announcements didn’t include many specifics about … Continue reading

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OpenAI tries to ‘uncensor’ ChatGPT

OpenAI is changing how it trains AI models to explicitly embrace “intellectual freedom … no matter how challenging or controversial a topic may be,” the company says in a new policy. As a result, ChatGPT will eventually be able to … Continue reading

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Open source LLMs hit Europe’s digital sovereignty roadmap

Large language models (LLMs) landed on Europe’s digital sovereignty agenda with a bang last week, as news emerged of a new program to develop a series of “truly” open source LLMs covering all European Union languages. This includes the current … Continue reading

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Death of OpenAI whistleblower deemed suicide in new autopsy report

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI employee, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26; on Friday, the city’s medical examiner ruled his death a suicide, countering suspicions by his family that had fueled widespread speculation online. Balaji … Continue reading

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Arm Shocks the Semiconductor Industry by Announcing It May Sell Its Own Chips

Arm could compete with its customers, including Qualcomm. Meta has already inked a deal with Arm.

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