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9 September, 2024
DeepSeek has been making waves in the global AI community. Photo: Reuters
DeepSeek

World’s top AI brains debate if DeepSeek’s model is a game changer

Experts weigh in on how quickly China is catching up on the US in AI, as DeepSeek takes an open-source approach.

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DeepSeek

Alibaba offers DeepSeek on cloud service after Microsoft, Amazon and Huawei

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Artificial intelligence

China’s DeepSeek gives Europe’s tech firms a way to catch up in global AI race

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Artificial intelligence

SoftBank, OpenAI tie up to develop AI for Japan as DeepSeek rises

SoftBank Group companies will spend US$3 billion a year on OpenAI’s tools, despite the arrival of cheaper products from China’s DeepSeek.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attend an event to pitch AI for businesses in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong start-up turns profit by pivoting from housekeeping to AI

Hong Kong-founded Butler aims to help landlords and property managers save costs by automating workflows.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek founder gets hero’s welcome in Lunar New Year hometown visit

Liang Wenfeng’s hometown in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, is now a tourist attraction based on its DeepSeek connection, local reports say.

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Robotics

Chinese start-up Unitree sees humanoid robots in wide commercial use this decade

Unitree forecasts a breakthrough in humanoid robot capabilities by 2026, when more clear-cut commercial uses are expected to emerge.

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Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot shakes the hand of an attendee at the CES trade show in Las Vegas on January 8. Photo: AP
Semiconductors

Semiconductor supply chain linchpin JSR sees DeepSeek boosting chip sales

DeepSeek’s low-cost AI models are expected to spur demand for semiconductors over the long term, the Japanese chip materials supplier said.

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US-China relations

Trump’s commerce pick vows to keep China from using US tech to ‘compete with us’

Former long-time Wall Street CEO also pledges ‘across-the-board tariffs’ to gain leverage against Beijing and other countries.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba springs a Lunar New Year surprise on DeepSeek, global AI market

Alibaba touts that its new Qwen 2.5-Max AI model had ‘comprehensively outperformed’ DeepSeek-V3 in certain benchmark tests.

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Alibaba Cloud’s new Qwen 2.5-Max AI model is now available for developers and enterprises. Photo: Shutterstock
China technology

China’s DeepSeek shocked the tech world. Can its home province do it again?

Zhejiang, home to AI upstart DeepSeek and other firms, endeavours to be a world-leading incubator for the bleeding edge of tech.

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China’s DeepSeek has emerged as a major player in the US-dominated industry of artificial intelligence software. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

DeepSeek impact on US tech stocks could alter Washington’s approach: analysts

But no consensus on whether impact of Chinese AI start-up will hasten tech decoupling of the two economies or sow greater partnership.

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Artificial intelligence

Explainer | How start-up DeepSeek emerged as the unlikely game changer in US-China AI war

From visionary founder Liang Wenfeng to a young team of dedicated scientists, DeepSeek is taking the road less traveled in AI.

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Millionaires and billionaires

World’s richest people lose US$108 billion after DeepSeek sell-off

Nvidia’s Huang, Oracle’s Ellison and ex-Binance CEO CZ were hit hard, though Meta’s Zuckerberg and Amazon’s Bezos escaped unscathed.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Nvidia shares jump after sell-off sparked by DeepSeek surprise

Some analysts cite company’s possible role in DeepSeek’s success and call share price drop ‘overdone’.

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A sign outside the New York Stock Exchange marks the intersection of Wall Street and Broad Street on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Explainer | What DeepSeek’s success means for Nvidia and costly GPU-driven AI growth

Perceptions about Nvidia and how much its advanced chips are needed for cutting-edge AI are shifting with DeepSeek’s success, but is it warranted?

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DeepSeek

China’s DeepSeek goes quiet for Lunar New Year as AI models rattle Wall Street

The Hangzhou office of China’s hottest start-up has recently seen several uninvited guests trying to see the team responsible for shaking up AI.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough could alter China’s ‘national fate’ in US tech war

‘We should have confidence that China will eventually win the AI war with the US,’ Qihoo 360’s Zhou Hongyi said in a Weibo post.

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Artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek was spun off from Chinese hedge-fund manager High-Flyer Quant. Photo: Reuters
United States

Silicon Valley rattled by China’s low-cost Deepseek AI

Start-up disrupted AI landscape, showing that cost-effective AI models can rival larger systems, raising questions about big investments.

Robotics

Chinese robotics start-up pushes large cleaning robots in Hong Kong, Macau

Suzhou Intelligence Technology’s cleaning robots are used in large commercial establishments, such as shopping centres and airports.

DJI

Let 100 Silicon Valleys bloom: China’s start-up ‘godfather’ is planning next DJI

Li Zexiang, who nurtured drone maker DJI, sees his incubator as providing the seeds for a flourishing innovation environment in China.

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Songshan Lake XbotPark in Dongguan has incubated a handful of promising Chinese start-ups under the guidance of founder Li Zexiang. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

China poised to expand AI infrastructure to keep pace with US Stargate project

Chinese local governments, telecommunications firms and Big Tech companies have been building new AI facilities over the past few years.

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The US-China rivalry in artificial intelligence has widened to cover the digital infrastructure used to drive the technology’s development. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Tencent ramps up global AI efforts with advanced Hunyuan 3D-generation system

The open-source Hunyuan3D 2.0 is expected to lower barriers to entry for using AI models across video gaming, social media and other sectors.

Indonesia

Indonesia’s US$1.4 billion fish start-up accused of faking most of its sales

EFishery was a darling of the nation’s start-up scene. Then a whistle-blower alleged that the company’s accounts weren’t accurate.

Artificial intelligence

Beijing puts spotlight on China’s new face of AI, DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng

Liang’s participation at Monday’s meeting with China’s premier reflects start-up DeepSeek’s growing prominence in the AI industry.

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang, left, listens to DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng at a meeting in Beijing on January 20, 2025. Photo: CCTV
Artificial intelligence

China creates US$8.2 billion AI investment fund amid tightened US trade controls

The fund was established days after the US rolled out new chip export restrictions and placed more Chinese firms on its trade blacklist.

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The new fund reflects Beijing’s determination to advance the nation’s artificial-intelligence capabilities, despite US tech restrictions. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China tech war

US blacklists Chinese AI unicorn as tech rivalry escalates

Zhipu AI is among more than two dozen China and Singapore-based companies added to the US Entity List on Wednesday.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI start-up MiniMax intensifies competition with new open-source models

The release, which includes foundational and multimodal models, comes weeks after rival DeepSeek set a new standard with its own open-source models.

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