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SoftBank commits to joint venture with OpenAI, will spend  billion per year on OpenAI’s tech
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SoftBank commits to joint venture with OpenAI, will spend $3 billion per year on OpenAI’s tech

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images SoftBank has committed to spending $3 billion per year for itself and its subsidiaries to use OpenAI’s tech, according to a joint announcement on Monday. The two also announced a new joint venture, billed as “SB OpenAI Japan,” which will market OpenAI’s enterprise tech exclusively to major companies […]

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Chinese AI app DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next
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Chinese AI app DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images Plenty of Americans are discovering the AI search powers of DeepSeek, […]

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DeepSeek’s hardware spend could be as high as 0 million, new report estimates
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DeepSeek’s hardware spend could be as high as $500 million, new report estimates

Faisal Bashir | Lightrocket | Getty Images China’s DeepSeek became the biggest topic in tech this week, with many in the industry and on Wall Street focused on a single number: $6 million. In DeepSeek’s paper about its newest artificial intelligence model, the company said that its total training costs amounted to $5.576 million, based […]

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OpenAI partners with U.S. National Laboratories on scientific research, nuclear weapons security
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OpenAI partners with U.S. National Laboratories on scientific research, nuclear weapons security

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks next to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025.  Carlos Barria | Reuters OpenAI on Thursday said the U.S. National Laboratories will be using its latest artificial intelligence models for […]

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DeepSeek’s AI claims have shaken the world — but not everyone’s convinced
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DeepSeek’s AI claims have shaken the world — but not everyone’s convinced

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek rocked markets this week with claims its new AI model outperforms OpenAI’s and cost a fraction of the price to build. The assertions — specifically that DeepSeek’s large language model cost just $5.6 million to train — have sparked concerns over the eyewatering sums that tech giants are currently spending […]

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SoftBank in talks to invest up to  billion in OpenAI
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SoftBank in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accompanied by U.S. President Donald Trump, Oracle CTO Larry Ellison (R), and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son (2nd-R), speaks during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 […]

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Microsoft set to report earnings after the bell
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Microsoft set to report earnings after the bell

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, arrives for the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley Media and Technology Conference at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 9, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Microsoft will report fiscal second-quarter results after the U.S. market close Wednesday. Here’s what analysts are looking for, according to LSEG: […]

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DeepSeek’s AI claims have shaken the world — but not everyone’s convinced
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DeepSeek app unavailable in Apple and Google app stores in Italy

The Chinese artificial intelligence application DeepSeek appeared to be unavailable on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy on Wednesday. A notice displayed to customers on Apple’s App Store said the app was “currently not available in the country or area you are in. A message on the Google app platform, said the […]

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ASML CEO sees low-cost AI models like DeepSeek driving more demand — not less
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ASML CEO sees low-cost AI models like DeepSeek driving more demand — not less

Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML expects new low-cost models like the one rolled out by China’s DeepSeek to lead to more — rather than less — demand for AI chips, CEO Christophe Fouquet told CNBC Wednesday. ASML beat estimates on both sales and profit for the fourth quarter and said it had an order backlog […]

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U.S. Navy bans use of DeepSeek due to ‘security and ethical concerns’
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U.S. Navy bans use of DeepSeek due to ‘security and ethical concerns’

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. Navy has instructed its members to avoid using artificial intelligence technology from China’s DeepSeek, CNBC has learned. In a warning issued by email to “shipmates” on Friday, the Navy said DeepSeek’s AI was not to be used “in any capacity” due to “potential security and ethical […]

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