Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Zhan Zheng//Xinhua via AP) China’s President Xi Jinping met with leading private sector entrepreneurs on February 17, including Alibaba founder Jack Ma, signaling a shift in Beijing’s approach toward its tech sector after years of regulatory crackdowns. The move comes as China faces economic challenges, declining business confidence, and growing concerns…
Elon Musk-owned xAI has unveiled the latest model of its chatbot, Grok 3. Set to directly compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Chinese DeepSeek and other AI chatbots, Grok 3 is claimed to offer 10 times the computational resources of its predecessor that was released in August last year. In a video call with the World Governments…
Elon Musk is set to unveil what he calls the “smartest AI on Earth” – Grok 3 – in a live demonstration on Monday at 8 PM PT (Tuesday 9:30 AM IST), marking his latest challenge to competitors in the increasingly crowded AI chatbot space.Musk, the founder of xAI, went offline over the weekend to…
South Korea‘s spy agency has accused Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek of excessive personal data collection and biased responses on cultural issues, as concerns mount globally over Chinese AI applications’ data practices.The National Intelligence Service (NIS) warned government agencies last week about security risks associated with DeepSeek, citing the app’s unusual data collection practices, including keyboard…
Google parent Alphabet stock tumbled in early Wednesday trading after earnings from the owner of Google beat Wall Street expectations but fell short on revenue. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index dipped 0.7% shortly after market open. Leading the losses was an 8% drop for Google parent Alphabet, a slide which erased as much as $211 billion…
DeepSeek, ChatGPT and other AI tools have been banned for official use by the finance ministry. According to a Reuters report, the ministry has issued an internal advisory on January 29, warning that the use of AI applications on office computers and devices presents risks to the security of sensitive government information. Three officials from…
Palmer Luckey, the American entrepreneur who sold his AR/VR hardware company Oculus to Facebook and founded defence technology comany Anduril, is skeptical of the recent hype surrounding Chinese AI startup DeepSeek and its claims about the cost of training its AI models. In a Fox Business interview, Luckey criticized the US media for what he…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a surprising revelation during a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session: his company has been excessively secretive about its AI technology. Altman expressed his personal support for publishing OpenAI’s research and acknowledged that the company’s historically closed approach to development has positioned them “on the wrong side of history” regarding open-sourcing.He…
A new report by experts has warned about how the increasing competition among tech majors may boost the malicious use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The report’s lead author, Yoshua Bengio, also known as “one of the godfathers of modern AI,” highlighted the risks associated with the rapid advancement of AI technology, particularly with the…
New Delhi: India will host Chinese startup DeepSeek‘s AI models on its servers to check for security and other safety parameters, govt said on Thursday, as it intensified efforts to provide compute to startups and researchers to hasten work on developing localised AI ‘foundational models’ or tech solutions as the country looks to counter advances…
