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Analysis: Elon vs. Sam is good for US AI progress
The intensifying rivalry between the two tech CEOs aids the US in its AI race against China.
Axel Schmidt/Reuters
US, UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at international summit
More than 60 governments including China and the European Union signed the communique Tuesday at an AI summit in Paris.
Leah Millis/Reuters
Elon Musk’s surprise OpenAI bid reflects debate over the tech’s future
The tech billionaire’s gambit is the latest episode in the grudge match between him and the AI firm he helped found.
Kenny Holston/Pool/Reuters
Gen Z ‘nihilism’ over Chinese tech fears shows gulf with Washington
US policymakers’ focus on national security doesn’t resonate with younger generations as it has historically, analysts said.
Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters
DeepSeek’s hidden security risks foreshadow AI’s future
Security experts warn of vulnerabilities as the technology advances into the agentic AI phase.
Steve Marcus/Reuters
UAE bets big on French AI with billions of investments
The investment, set to total up to $50 billion, would go toward building Europe’s largest AI hub with a 1-gigawatt data center and a dedicated AI campus.
Courtesy of Emirates News Agency
DeepSeek hallucinates alarmingly more than other AI models
DeepSeek’s hallucinates 14.3% of responses, more than three times that of comparable reasoning and open-source models, according to enterprise AI startup Vectara.
Chegg bets big on the AI that nearly broke it
The education platform’s new feature launching this month compares answers from various AI models to help students learn better, the company exclusively told Semafor.
Trump administration weighs adding Shein, Temu to forced labor list
It would be a significant show of interest in cracking down on consumer imports from China.
Google releases new AI safety framework
‘We have to be at the forefront on the responsibility safety side of things,’ a Google executive said.
BuzzFeed seeks to counter right-wing vibe shift
The site is considering building its own social media platform.
Big tech CEOs brush off investor fears of DeepSeek
“That’s part of the nature of how this works, whether it’s a Chinese competitor or not,” Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday’s earnings call.
Softbank eyes $25B investment in OpenAI
Big Tech remains largely bullish on massive investments into artificial intelligence despite the market chaos caused by Chinese startup DeepSeek.
Meta, Microsoft, Tesla release latest quarter earnings
The results were a mixed bag, with Wall Street increasingly skeptical of capital expenditures on artificial intelligence.
DeepSeek, Huawei, and how the US has struggled to limit Chinese tech
Previous sanctions unintentionally forced Chinese companies like Huawei to operate more efficiently without access to US chips.
European AI firms encouraged by DeepSeek in scramble to catch up to US
The Chinese startup has shown that winning the AI arms race is about more than vast sums of money, industry experts said.
The real DeepSeek revelation: The market doesn’t understand AI
Investor skepticism doesn’t take into account the insatiable demand for AI or the current bottlenecks in its development, which will require billions to overcome.
DeepSeek AI underscores consumers’ willingness to embrace Chinese tech
US President Donald Trump said the Chinese company’s sudden success was a ‘wake-up call.’