Elon Musk reportedly attempted to obstruct a landmark artificial intelligence partnership between OpenAI and the United Arab Emirates unless his own startup, xAI, was brought into the fold, according to people familiar with the matter cited byThe Wall Street Journal. The deal, announced on 22 May, involves a consortium of major American tech companies led…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence venture, xAI, has secured a major partnership with messaging platform Telegram, agreeing to invest $300 million to integrate its chatbot Grok into the app’s ecosystem. The move is expected to enhance xAI’s competitive positioning in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed the collaboration in a…
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has announced an ambitious plan to build Taiwan’s first AI supercomputer, marking a significant milestone for the island’s role in global artificial intelligence development. The announcement came during Huang’s keynote speech at Computex, Asia’s premier technology trade show currently underway in Taipei. The initiative will see Nvidia collaborate with leading Taiwanese…
Microsoft has scaled back its data centre expansion efforts across multiple regions, signalling a reassessment of its infrastructure investments amid evolving demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services. The technology giant has either delayed or withdrawn from projects in locations including the United Kingdom, Australia, Indonesia, and several sites in the United States, reported…
DeepSeek has challenged big tech, proving AI can be efficient without costly graphics processing units (GPUs) or massive data centres. Now Microsoft is probing possible unauthorized access to OpenAI data by a group linked to DeepSeek. Are Chinese AI models just illegal copies? Can you explain this fuss over DeepSeek? AI lab DeepSeek shocked big…
India is stepping up its game in artificial intelligence, with the government pushing an ambitious plan to develop homegrown AI models within the next ten months. The Modi administration has greenlit 18 proposals, offering support in the form of computing power, data, and funding to drive AI solutions in areas like agriculture and climate change….
In the wake of a breakthrough by Chinese upstart DeepSeek in affordable AI computing, executives at Microsoft and Meta have defended their significant investments in AI infrastructure, despite growing concerns over mounting costs and investor impatience. DeepSeek, a rising player in the AI space, has stunned the tech industry with claims that its models can…
Google employees have initiated an internal petition titled “Job Security”, reported CNBC. The petition expresses concerns over the company’s planned cost reductions for 2025. According to the publication, this petition has garnered the support of over 1,250 workers across the US and Canada, which highlights growing unrest as employees face the prospect of ongoing job…
In the ever-evolving world of artificial intelligence, a new player has emerged that is sending shockwaves through Silicon Valley and beyond. DeepSeek, a Chinese startup founded just over a year ago, has developed an AI model that is offering startlingly comparable performance to industry giants like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, but at a fraction…
