US officials are considering the national security implications of an apparent artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough by Chinese firm DeepSeek, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The announcement comes…
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China: DeepSeek shows AI’s centre of power could shift away from US
DeepSeek’s arrival at the top of the Apple App Store charts has placed it firmly in the public consciousness, shaking the belief that the US would continue as the largely…
Australia: Authorities warn users about DeepSeek
Australia’s science minister, Ed Husic, has become the first member of a Western government to raise privacy concerns about DeepSeek, the Chinese chatbot causing turmoil on the markets and in…
UK: Britain will not be able to resist China’s tech dominance
China’s success in technology has not come out of thin air, even given the unlikely origins of the DeepSeek deep shock. The obscure Hangzhou hedge fund that coded a ChatGPT…
China: ‘AI heroes’ overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley
When ChatGPT stormed the world of artificial intelligence (AI), an inevitable question followed: did it spell trouble for China, America’s biggest tech rival? Two years on, a new AI model…
China: DeepSeek AI shakes the tech industry
The speed at which the new Chinese AI app DeepSeek has shaken the technology industry, the markets and the bullish sense of American superiority in the field of artificial intelligence…
USA: CIA believes lab leak most likely source of Covid outbreak
The CIA on Saturday offered a new assessment on the origin of the Covid outbreak, saying the coronavirus is “more likely” to have leaked from a Chinese lab than to…
Philippines: Scientists stop research survey in disputed sea amid China’s ‘harassment’
The Philippines says it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after its fisheries vessels faced “dangerous harassment” and aggressive behaviour from China’s coastguard and navy. The…
China: Authorities hand death sentence to man who killed Japanese boy
A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for fatally stabbing a 10-year-old Japanese schoolboy, in a case that sparked concern among Japanese expats living in China. The sentence for…
USA: Trump considers 10% tariff on China from February
US President Donald Trump has said he is considering imposing a 10% tariff on imports of Chinese-made goods as soon as 1 February. Trump said discussions with his administration were…