DeepSeek’s $5 million number is to hurt US companies and there are lot of American idiots who hype it, says Palmer Luckey who sold his company for billions to Facebook – The Times of India

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…

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China’s DeepSeek ‘divides’ OpenAI: I personally think we have been on the wrong… ChatGPT maker CEO Sam Altman – The Times of India

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…

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‘Godfather of AI’ warns ChatGPT maker OpenAI and other tech giants about competing with DeepSeek – The Times of India

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…

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India will host DeepSeek’s AI models on its servers for security checks: Vaishnaw – The Times of India

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…

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‘Chor Ke Ghar Chori’: ChatGPT maker OpenAI roasted after theft claims against China’s DeepSeek – The Times of India

AI industry’s one of the biggest and most common names ChatGPT maker OpenAI is worried. Reason: It says that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models. “We know (China) based companies — and others — are constantly trying to distill the models of leading US AI companies,” an OpenAI spokesperson told…

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‘IPR theft may be at play’: US official on DeepSeek – The Times of India

US officials are looking at the national security implications of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, while President Donald Trump’s crypto czar said it was possible that intellectual property theft could have been at play.White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks was asked on…

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DeepSeek: How a nerd with ‘terrible haircut’ shook up Silicon Valley’s AI race – The Times of India

The independent research group envisioned by High-Flyer took shape as DeepSeek. High-Flyer’s founder and controlling shareholder, Liang Wenfeng, also serves as DeepSeek’s discreet leader. China’s AI industry has delivered a seismic shock to the world. DeepSeek, a little-known startup, has unveiled a generative AI model that is reportedly as powerful as OpenAI’s ChatGPT—but developed at…

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Amid global tech war, India moves to secure supply chain, stockpile critical minerals | India News – The Times of India

In a strategic response to the ongoing global technology war and fierce competition over securing raw material crucial for the sector, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the launch of the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) with an expenditure of Rs 16,300 crore and expected investment of Rs 18,000 crore by public sector undertaking (PSUs)…

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Deepseek is ‘IP theft’: US officials raise alarm; Microsoft had alerted OpenAI – The Times of India

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, claims to have evidence that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek used OpenAI‘s proprietary models to train its competing AI system.The San Francisco-based company discovered what it believes to be signs of “distillation” by DeepSeek, a technique where developers use outputs from larger AI models to improve the performance of smaller…

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