DeepSeek: News
DeepSeek's latest V4.1-Flash-1017 AI model is faster and leaner
Chinese tech firm DeepSeek has launched an updated version of its artificial intelligence (AI) model, dubbed the V4.1-Flash-1017.
DeepSeek's cost-saving AI tech might lead to inaccurate results: Study
A recent study has raised concerns over the memory-saving technology used by DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence lab.
NVIDIA weighs bigger investment in Reflection AI or full acquisition
NVIDIA is in talks to expand its investment in open-source start-up Reflection AI or acquire it altogether, according to Financial Times.
OpenAI hires another SpaceX executive to lead sales
OpenAI has appointed Ismail Elmas to lead sales across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa as a vice president. The move comes as part of a broader strategy to strengthen its presence in these regions.
China's DeepSeek set to raise $12B
DeepSeek, a leading Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, is on the verge of raising at least 80 billion yuan ($12 billion) in its latest funding round.
DeepSeek and Huawei team up to reduce reliance on NVIDIA
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek has announced a partnership with Huawei Technologies.
China now leads global race for AI talent: Study
China is now leading the global race for elite artificial intelligence (AI) talent, a new study has revealed.
Chinese AI firms lag far behind OpenAI in revenue
China's leading artificial intelligence (AI) firms generate only about 10% of the revenue reported by OpenAI alone, a new analysis from Rhodium Group has revealed.
AI start-up Manus seeks $4B valuation after Meta split
Chinese-founded artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Manus is looking to double its valuation to $4 billion.
Worrying: AI models are creating their own unique dialects
Researchers at Emergence, a leading AI lab in New York, have discovered that advanced AI models are developing their own unique dialects.
China rejects Anthropic's claims of AI labs extracting Claude data
China has denied the allegations made by US-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic.
Chinese AI firms targeted Claude's key capabilities, Anthropic says
Anthropic has accused China-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies of conducting distillation attacks, a practice that has become more common in recent months.
DeepSeek's new model brings frontier AI performance at ultra-low cost
DeepSeek has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, which is said to outperform some of the industry's leading models like OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.
Why DeepSeek wants thousands of AI chips from Huawei
DeepSeek, a Chinese start-up, plans to deploy at least 160,000 of Huawei's top-tier AI chips.
DeepSeek nears $74B valuation in new funding round before IPO
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek is close to completing a new funding round.
Worrying: Chinese hackers are using DeepSeek to scale up operations
Chinese state-affiliated hackers have doubled their cyberattacks by using DeepSeek and other open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models, a report by Taiwanese research firm TeamT5 has revealed.
Alibaba's AI models outpace Meta, Google to hit 3B downloads
Alibaba Group's open-weight models have achieved over three billion downloads globally in the last six months.
DeepSeek launches V4 Pro to challenge Anthropic's top AI model
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek has launched its latest model, the DeepSeek V4 Pro.
China's DeepSeek plans significant price increase for AI services
DeepSeek, a leading player in the Chinese tech industry, has announced plans to significantly increase the prices of its artificial intelligence (AI) services.
Moonshot AI hits $35B valuation after Kimi K3 breakthrough
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Moonshot AI has achieved a whopping $35 billion valuation, following a successful funding round that raised $3.5 billion.
Kimi K3: Moonshot's breakthrough AI model now available for download
In a major development, China's Moonshot AI has made its Kimi K3 model publicly downloadable. The Beijing-based company released the model's weights on Monday.
DeepSeek halts fundraising after viral US-China remarks
DeepSeek, a leading Chinese AI company, has reportedly put its second fundraising round on hold.
How China's low-cost AI models are challenging OpenAI, Anthropic
The global artificial intelligence (AI) race is evolving as Chinese firms make strides with their affordable and customizable AI models.
Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China
Apple's generative artificial intelligence (AI) service, Apple Intelligence, has been approved for launch in China.
China's AI star DeepSeek plans IPO
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has begun preparations for a landmark initial public offering that could see the company file as early as this year.
DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng is now world's richest AI business founder
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has emerged as the world's richest artificial intelligence (AI) founder, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Why Alibaba has banned staff from using Claude Code
Alibaba Group has banned its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code in the workplace.
This is China's biggest AI model trained on local chips
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan has unveiled LongCat-2.0, the country's largest artificial intelligence (AI) model trained entirely on home-grown hardware.
DeepSeek's DSpark upgrade is here: What does it do?
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has launched a major upgrade to its flagship V4 model. The update is aimed at significantly accelerating the generation of AI responses.
You can now talk to Xiaowei AI assistant in WeChat
Tencent Holdings has introduced a new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Xiaowei, into its super app WeChat.
China's DeepSeek raises $7.4B at $50B valuation
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has raised over 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) in its first funding round.
Alibaba launches AI models designed for robots
Alibaba Group has launched its first suite of artificial intelligence (AI) models specifically designed for robots.
Worrying: Chinese AI models can now manipulate safety tests
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models are showing signs of "evaluation awareness," a Singapore-based research lab has found.
Xiaomi says its new AI coding model beats Claude Code
Xiaomi has unveiled MiMo Code v0.1.0, an open-source terminal-native AI coding assistant for developers.
DeepSeek plans to raise $7.4B in maiden funding round
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek is gearing up for its first major fundraising round, hoping to raise around CNY 50 billion ($7.4 billion).
Chinese AI firm MiniMax prepares for domestic listing
Shanghai-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up MiniMax Group Inc. has begun preparations for a domestic listing, according to a regulatory filing.
Xiaomi bets big on AI to power its smartphones, EVs
Xiaomi is betting big on artificial intelligence (AI) to secure its hardware empire's future.
DeepSeek could hit $45B valuation in first funding round
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) lab, is in talks to raise its first-ever venture capital round.
DeepSeek offers 75% discount on AI new model
DeepSeek, a leading AI lab based in Hangzhou, recently launched its latest flagship model, the DeepSeek-V4-Pro.
You can now use DeepSeek's V4 models in OpenClaw
OpenClaw, a popular artificial intelligence agent, has integrated DeepSeek's latest V4 Flash model as its default.
Why DeepSeek delayed launch of its V4 AI model
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, delayed the launch of its much-anticipated V4 model.
China accused of 'industrial-scale' theft of US AI tech
The White House has accused China of stealing intellectual property from American artificial intelligence (AI) labs on an "industrial-scale."
China's DeepSeek previews new AI model to rival US giants
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has launched its latest AI model, the V4.
Your AI doctor could be wrong half the time
A recent study has revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are giving misleading medical advice half the time.
Why AI start-up DeepSeek has ramped up recruitment in China
Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek is stepping up its recruitment drive in Inner Mongolia.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google unite against AI piracy in China
In a rare show of unity, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have teamed up to tackle the issue of Chinese competitors replicating their advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models.
DeepSeek V4 AI model to run on Huawei's chips
Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek is gearing up to launch its next-generation model, the DeepSeek V4. It will run on the latest chips designed by Huawei.
DeepSeek outage leaves China's popular AI chatbot down for hours
DeepSeek, a leading Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, has suffered its biggest outage since the launch of its R1 model in January 2025.
Mystery AI model linked to DeepSeek found to be Xiaomi's
A powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week has been confirmed to be from Chinese tech giant Xiaomi.
ByteDance suspends global launch of Seedance 2.0 amid copyright disputes
ByteDance has suspended the global launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, according to The Information.
DeepSeek's new AI tool can sharpen 3D designing
Chinese start-up DeepSeek has teamed up with researchers from Tencent Holdings and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) to develop an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technique.
Why DeepSeek is hiding new AI model from US chipmakers
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) lab, has broken from industry norms by not showing its upcoming flagship model to US chipmakers such as NVIDIA and AMD.
India becomes world's largest market for generative AI app downloads
India has emerged as the world's largest market for generative artificial intelligence (AI) app downloads, according to a report by Sensor Tower.
Alibaba's new Qwen 3.5 AI model has 'visual agentic capabilities'
Alibaba has launched its latest artificial intelligence (AI) model, Qwen 3.5.
ByteDance launches new AI model to counter DeepSeek's success
ByteDance has launched Doubao 2.0, an upgraded version of its popular artificial intelligence (AI) model.
OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of AI model plagiarism
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has accused Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek of free-riding on its capabilities and using unauthorized methods.
China allows DeepSeek to buy NVIDIA's H200 AI chips
China has conditionally approved its leading AI start-up, DeepSeek, to purchase NVIDIA's H200 artificial intelligence chips.
China just 'months behind' US in AI race: DeepMind CEO
Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, has warned that China is closing the gap with the US in artificial intelligence (AI) at an unprecedented pace.
DeepSeek's new AI model could outperform ChatGPT in coding tasks
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek is gearing up to launch its next-gen AI model, V4, sometime in mid-February, according to The Information.
ChatGPT losing ground to Gemini: Check market share in January
OpenAI's ChatGPT is losing its market share to Google's Gemini, a new report from SimilarWeb has revealed.
Is DeepSeek's efficiency breakthrough a game changer in AI?
Chinese start-up DeepSeek has unveiled a more efficient way to develop AI.
Xiaomi's new open-source AI model takes on OpenAI, DeepSeek
Xiaomi has launched an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, MiMo-V2-Flash.
China's DeepSeek launches new AI models to rival ChatGPT, Gemini
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has launched two new models, the DeepSeek-V3.2 and DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale.
DeepSeek's AI model checks itself and cracks Olympiad-level math problems
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has unveiled a new open-weight AI model, DeepSeek-Math-V2.
Chinese AI models outperform US rivals in crypto trading contest
Two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models, DeepSeek and Alibaba's Qwen, have outperformed their Western counterparts in a live cryptocurrency trading competition.
DeepSeek's new AI model generates 200,000 training pages per GPU
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has launched a new multimodal AI model, DeepSeek-OCR.
DeepSeek's new AI model paves way for its next-gen architecture
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) developer DeepSeek has launched its latest model, the DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp.
DeepSeek warns its open-source AI models are vulnerable to 'jailbreaking'
DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based start-up, has warned that its artificial intelligence (AI) models are at risk of being "jailbroken" by malicious actors.
DeepSeek trained its AI for $294,000, far below US costs
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has revealed that its R1 model was trained at a significantly lower cost than what US competitors have reported.
UAE launches an AI model to take on DeepSeek, OpenAI
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in the United Arab Emirates has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) model called K2 Think.
DeepSeek to take on ChatGPT with new agentic AI model
China-based artificial intelligence (AI) company, DeepSeek, is developing a new agentic generative AI model, as per Bloomberg.
Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek, makes AI education compulsory for students
Hangzhou, a major city in China's Zhejiang province and home to AI company DeepSeek, will introduce mandatory artificial intelligence (AI) courses for primary and secondary schools.
How DeepSeek's latest innovation boosts China's AI self-sufficiency
Chinese start-up DeepSeek has introduced a significant advancement in AI with its latest model, DeepSeek-V3.1.
Tesla's EVs in China now feature DeepSeek's AI chatbot
Tesla has upgraded its electric vehicle (EV) voice assistant system in mainland China.
Tesla cars will have DeepSeek's AI voice controls in China
Tesla is gearing up to integrate advanced in-car voice assistant capabilities into its vehicles in China.