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DeepSeek aids China’s military and evaded export controls, US official says: Reuters
CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images AI firm DeepSeek is aiding China’s military and intelligence operations, a senior U.S. official told Reuters, adding that the Chinese tech startup sought to use Southeast Asian shell companies to access high-end semiconductors that cannot be shipped to China under U.S. rules. The U.S. conclusions reflect a growing conviction in Washington that the capabilities behind the rapid […]
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Encountered a problematic response from an AI model? More standards and tests are needed, say researchers
As the usage of artificial intelligence — benign and adversarial — increases at breakneck speed, more cases of potentially harmful responses are being uncovered. Pixdeluxe | E+ | Getty Images As the usage of artificial intelligence — benign and adversarial — increases at breakneck speed, more cases of potentially harmful responses are being uncovered. These […]
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Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever’s $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO
When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg poached Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang last week as part of a $14.3 billion investment in the artificial intelligence startup, he was apparently just getting started. Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar AI hiring spree has now turned to Daniel Gross, the CEO of Ilya Sutskever’s startup Safe Superintelligence, and former GitHub CEO Nat […]
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OpenAI is winding down its work with Scale AI, whose founder is joining Meta
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks at the annual Snowflake Summit in San Francisco, California on June 02, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI is winding down its work with Scale AI, the artificial intelligence startup that received a multibillion-dollar investment from Meta earlier this month and saw its founder […]
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This artificial intelligence subcategory is undergoing a ‘golden age,’ says long-time tech analyst Dan Ives
ETF Edge This artificial intelligence subcategory is undergoing a ‘golden age,’ says long-time tech analyst Dan Ives Published Wed, Jun 18 20258:43 AM EDT Siena Griffin@siena_griffin WATCH LIVE Source
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AWS’ custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia’s AI dominance
Amazon Web Services is set to announce an update to its Graviton4 chip that includes 600 gigabytes per second of network bandwidth, what the company calls the highest offering in the public cloud. Ali Saidi, a distinguished engineer at AWS, likened the speed to a machine reading 100 music CDs a second. Graviton4, a central […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Sunrun, Verve Therapeutics, T-Mobile and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Solar stocks — Companies in the space got battered as the Senate’s version of President Trump’s tax bill would phase out renewable energy incentives . Shares of Enphase Energy dropped 20%, while First Solar and Sunrun slid 16% and 36%, respectively. SolarEdge Technologies pulled back 30%. […]
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Tencent bets its China WeChat and gaming expertise will help it win cloud business in Europe
Chinese tech company Tencent is a gaming giant and the parent company of WeChat, the ubiquitous social messaging app in China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tencent has spent years evolving into a gaming and social media giant in China and in the process, has built up its cloud computing capabilities. […]
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OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said […]
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Google, Scale AI’s largest customer, plans split after Meta deal, sources say
Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23rd, 2025. CNBC Alphabet’s Google, the largest customer of Scale AI, plans to cut ties with Scale after news broke that rival Meta is taking a 49% stake in the AI data-labeling startup, five sources […]
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