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AI search startup raises $100M to compete with Google
Search startup Genspark has raised $100 million in a series A funding round, valuing the startup at $530 million, according to a source familiar with the matter, as the race to use artificial intelligence to disrupt Google’s stranglehold on the search engine market heats up.
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DeepSeek to share some AI model code, doubling down on open source
Chinese startup DeepSeek will make its models' code publicly available, it said on Friday, doubling down on its commitment to open-source artificial intelligence.
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Universities capitalize on China’s “Sputnik moment”
Universities across China have launched artificial intelligence (AI) courses this month based on Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, whose AI breakthrough has been described as a "Sputnik moment" for China and garnered widespread attention
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Microsoft Majorana 1 quantum chip is “a breakthrough in quantum computing”
Microsoft on Wednesday introduces Majorana 1 – a “world’s first" quantum chip expected to push the capabilities of quantum computers to new limits “solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.”
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Can you guess which AI bot shares the most data with third parties?
Your favorite AI chatbot might be tracking you. A new study has shown that all top AI chatbots collect user data, and some even share it with third parties.
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DeepSeek's outside funding draws interest from Alibaba, Chinese state funds – media
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is considering outside funding for the first time and has drawn interest from Alibaba and state funds, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of internal discussions.
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China boasts underwater hub can handle 7,000 DeepSeek chats per second
A new underwater data center off the tropical island of Hainan can handle 7,000 DeepSeek conversations per second, Chinese state media has reported.
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China’s answer to OpenAI’s Sora: new video generator boasts 30B parameters
A Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company has revealed its homegrown text-to-video model like OpenAI’s Sora – just newer and potentially with more parameters.
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AI hallucinations in court papers spell trouble for lawyers
US personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email this month to its more than 1,000 lawyers: Artificial intelligence can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get you fired.
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Former OpenAI tech chief Murati launches AI startup, poaching staff from ChatGPT maker
Former OpenAI chief technology officer Mira Murati launched an AI startup called Thinking Machines Lab.
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OpenAI study proves LLMs still behind human engineers in over 1400 real-world tasks
OpenAI is testing AI models by evaluating benchmarks using over 1,400 actual freelance engineering tasks found on Upwork. The results prove that LLMs aren't quite ready for the real world yet.
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Baidu, Tencent embrace DeepSeek as China’s AI race heat up
Some of China's biggest companies, including Baidu and Tencent, the owner of the WeChat super-app, have announced DeepSeek integration while also developing their own models.
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Musk’s xAI releases Grok 3 models, claims superiority against competitors
The Grok 3 family of models will power Deep Search, allowing users to do multi-step research.
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Japanese artist exhibits chained robot dog programmed to attack people
An exhibition in a Tokyo gallery featuring a chained robot dog trying to break free and attack visitors has sparked strong reactions, with some calling it “abuse.”
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New downloads of DeepSeek suspended in South Korea
South Korea's data protection authority on Monday said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to take into account some of the agency's rules on protecting personal data.
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OpenAI board rejects Musk's $97.4 billion offer
OpenAI rejected a $97.4 billion bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker
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What happens to tech leadership when teams manage themselves
With AI automating workflows and teams managing themselves, will tech leaders become obsolete – or evolve into the architects of a new era of leadership?
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Here’s how AI will transform wealth management, according to Microsoft executive
Artificial intelligence will bring major upheaval to wealth management, a Microsoft executive said, as the technology's potential to process information vastly reduces the hurdles required to compete with established banks.
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Baidu to make latest Ernie AI model open-source
Chinese search engine giant Baidu said on Friday it would make its next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30, a major shift in strategy as competition heats up.
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Bollywood music labels seek to challenge OpenAI in India copyright lawsuit
A group of India's top Bollywood music labels, from T-Series to Saregama and Sony, is seeking to join a copyright lawsuit against OpenAI in New Delhi, highlighting worries about improper use of recordings to train AI models, legal documents show.
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