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The Morning After: The Chinese AI assistant sending shockwaves through US rivals
The biggest news stories this morning: Bluesky’s moderation report shows how quickly harmful content grew, China’s DeepSeek AI assistant becomes top free iPhone app as US tech stocks take a hit, The iPhone notch might come back.
Obsessed with throwing money and resources at AI in any way they can, the likes of OpenAI, NVIDIA, Google and Amazon all just got a surprise. The open-source DeepSeek V3 model reportedly requires far less computing power than its competitors and, depending on who you believe, was developed for under $6 million. All the attention and a small financial market wobble has put DeepSeek in the crosshairs for “large-scale malicious attacks.” Those cyberattacks mean new user registration may be slow, so if you’re intrigued, you’ll have to wait to check it out.
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