3 d. ago China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model

Artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has unveiled its most powerful model variant, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, which is said to match Google DeepMind’s new Gemini 3 Pro model in certain tasks, despite the Chinese firm having limited access to advanced semiconductor chips. The achievement by the open-source lab has sparked extensive discussion within the AI research community as it coincides with the prestigious annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, or NeurIPS. In its...

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5 d. ago Beijing warns against using Hong Kong blaze to 'disrupt' city

Beijing warns against using Hong Kong blaze to 'disrupt' city  abc.net.au

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5 d. ago China’s DeepSeek AI reaches gold at international maths olympiad

China’s DeepSeek AI reaches gold at international maths olympiad  Interesting Engineering

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5 d. ago Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti

Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’  The Guardian

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5 d. ago Anger simmers over Hong Kong deadly blaze as Beijing warns against "disruption"

Anger simmers over Hong Kong deadly blaze as Beijing warns against "disruption"  Reuters

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5 d. ago Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs

Chinese artificial intelligence start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax have emerged as China’s strongest contenders to rival US frontier labs in 2025 – even as DeepSeek has stolen the spotlight as the poster child for the country’s AI ambitions. Moonshot AI, founded by 33-year-old Yang Zhilin, has sharply raised its profile in China’s AI ecosystem with the launch earlier this month of Kimi K2 Thinking, an upgraded reasoning model. The system outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet...

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7 d. ago China's DeepSeek Releases New Open Source AI Model Amid Google's Gemini 3 Roll Out

China's DeepSeek Releases New Open Source AI Model Amid Google's Gemini 3 Roll Out  Investor's Business Daily

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7 d. ago DeepSeek, Alibaba researchers endorse China’s AI regulatory framework

Researchers from artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek and tech giant Alibaba Group Holding have endorsed China’s emerging AI regulatory framework while calling for clearer feedback in a paper published in the US journal Science. The paper, published last month under the title “China’s emerging regulation towards an open future for AI”, said the country had so far facilitated an “innovation- and openness-friendly institutional environment for AI developers” but that it could be further...

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2 w. ago China ‘cements global AI leadership’ as Hong Kong builds niche as innovation hub

China has cemented its position as a global leader in artificial intelligence, while Hong Kong is carving out a niche as a specialised innovation hub, underpinned by the country’s strong governance and regulatory competitiveness, according to a global index. Technology breakthroughs such as the low-cost, highly efficient AI models introduced by start-up DeepSeek, combined with national support, propelled China to the forefront of the global AI race, alongside the US, the European Union and...

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2 w. ago China’s Strikes a Powerful Blow to Japan’s Tourism and Retail Sectors with Travel Warning as Diplomatic Conflict Over Taiwan Intensifies, Prompting Major Economic Disruptions

China’s Strikes a Powerful Blow to Japan’s Tourism and Retail Sectors with Travel Warning as Diplomatic Conflict Over Taiwan Intensifies, Prompting Major Economic Disruptions  Travel And Tour World

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3 w. ago ‘I saw her die before my eyes’: Namewee breaks silence on Iris Hsieh’s death

Malaysian rapper and filmmaker Namewee says he did everything he could to save Taiwanese influencer Iris Hsieh, but to no avail. “I saw a human being die before my eyes for the first time. “I did everything I could to save her but nothing could be done. This image will remain in my mind forever,” Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, said in a Facebook post on Friday. This was his first public statement since he was released from detention over the police investigation into Hsieh’s...

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3 w. ago Chen Zhi’s firm breaks silence, denies tycoon’s empire built on scam money

A Cambodian conglomerate whose founder has had more than US$15 billion of allegedly ill-gotten assets seized said it “categorically rejects” claims he amassed his fortune running an internet scam empire. A frenzy of asset confiscations in Europe, the United States and Asia has targeted Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group – with authorities alleging its founder Chen Zhi was running a transnational criminal organisation. The US Justice Department in October unsealed an indictment against the tycoon,...

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3 w. ago Why new model of China’s Moonshot AI stirs ‘DeepSeek moment’ debate

A new reasoning model developed by a Chinese artificial intelligence start-up – with its performance exceeding OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 in a number of metrics – has fanned fresh debate about another DeepSeek moment and the trajectory of America’s AI supremacy. Beijing-based Moonshot AI, a start-up valued at US$3.3 billion and backed by Chinese tech giants like Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings, has presented another David-vs-Goliath story after creating an...

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3 w. ago China’s DeepSeek breaks silence with rare public warning on AI disruption

China’s DeepSeek breaks silence with rare public warning on AI disruption  capacityglobal.com

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