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Alibaba launches new AI model targeting rival DeepSeek, China’s hottest start-up

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

In a statement posted on WeChat, the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing and AI arm Alibaba Cloud said its new Qwen 2.5-Max model also outperformed OpenAI ’s GPT-4o and Meta Platforms ’ Llama-3.1-405B in LLM performance benchmark platforms Arena-Hard and LiveBench. Alibaba owns the South
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China’s DeepSeek is redefining AI tech. Here’s why the US must get on board

Meteoric arrival of DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) model is seen to highlight the need for US-China cooperation on innovation, despite Washington’s policy to contain Beijing’s hi-tech progress. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s DeepSeek has reshaped the pathways to hi-tech breakthroughs and shown how talent and software integration can be more powerful than scale, money or a “copycat” approach, according to observers.
The meteoric arrival of DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) model also highlighted the need for US-China cooperation on innovation, despite Washington’s “
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Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3 - Reuters

Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3 Reuters

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Microsoft, OpenAI investigate China’s DeepSeek over data breach

Microsoft’s security researchers observed individuals they believe may be linked to DeepSeek exfiltrating a large amount of data in the autumn. Photo: Reuters

Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI are investigating whether data output from OpenAI’s technology was obtained in an unauthorised manner by a group linked to Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek , according to people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft’s security researchers observed individuals they believe may be linked to DeepSeek exfiltrating a large amount of data in the autumn using the OpenAI application programming interface, or API, said the people, who asked not to be

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

DeepSeek’s team of young scientists is made up almost exclusively of Chinese nationals from some of the top schools in the country. Photo: Shutterstock

in Shanghai , in Shanghai and in Beijing

The Hangzhou -based firm over the past several weeks released two powerful new AI models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1 , that were built at a fraction of the cost and computing power that major tech companies muster to build large language models (LLMs) – the technology underpinning generative AI services like ChatGPT .
On social media , the AI community expressed admiration for how DeepSeek’s two
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Hailed DeepSeek’s R1 As ‘Impressive,’ Amplifying The Excitement Surrounding The Cost-Effective Model

While OpenAI undoubtedly, with its inception of ChatGPT, revolutionized AI and redefined the potential of the technology. The company has not slowed down ever since and keeps on working towards its ambitious goals. Now, a Chinese startup is making waves in the industry for its affordable LLM model that is claimed to rival OpenAI's and even Meta's platform. Its flagship R1 reasoning model is said to have the ability to surpass existing models. The Chinese company is currently at the top of the App Store and is also

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(PR) KIOXIA Releases AiSAQ as Open-Source Software to Reduce DRAM Needs in AI Systems

Kioxia Corporation, a world leader in memory solutions, today announced the open-source release of its new All-in-Storage ANNS with Product Quantization (AiSAQ) technology. A novel "approximate nearest neighbor" search (ANNS) algorithm optimized for SSDs, KIOXIA AiSAQ software delivers scalable performance for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) without placing index data in DRAM - and instead searching directly on SSDs.

Generative AI systems demand significant compute, memory and storage resources. While they have the potential to drive transformative breakthroughs across
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DeepSeek shows China only 6 months behind US in state-of-the-art AI, developers say

The app icons of DeepSeek and ChatGPT are seen on a mobile phone screen. Photo: Reuters

Developers at leading AI firms in the United States are praising the DeepSeek AI models that have leapt into prominence while also trying to poke holes in the notion that their multibillion-dollar technology has been bested by a Chinese newcomer’s low-cost alternative.
Chinese start-up DeepSeek on Monday sparked a stock sell-off and its free AI assistant overtook OpenAI’s ChatGPT atop Apple’s App Store in the US, harnessing a model
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DeepSeek AI模型爆紅 開源設計「雙面刃」? 學者憂KK園不法分子用作犯罪

【DeepSeek/OpenAI/AI/人工智能/ChatGPT】中國AI公司DeepSeek(深度探索)上周發布最新大語言模型「DeepSeek-R1」,它以極低成本實現與OpenAI最新模型「o1」相約性能。與OpenAI不同,由於DeepSeek-R1採用「Open Source」開源設計,即開放程式碼,讓人們可


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OpenAI chief Altman says DeepSeek's R1 model 'impressive' - Reuters

OpenAI chief Altman says DeepSeek's R1 model 'impressive' Reuters