Apple published a research paper on Saturday, where researchers examine the strengths and weaknesses of recently released reasoning models. Also known as large reasoning models (LRMs), these are the models that “think” by utilising additional compute to solve complex problems. However, the paper found that even the most powerful models struggle with a complexity issue. … Read more
With much of the world’s attention on the AI race between the US and China, this week’s Computex conference served as a stark reminder of the central role that Taiwan continues to play in the global technology industry. The 2025 edition of Asia’s signature tech gathering didn’t break as much new ground as last year, when … Read more
Alphabet will face investor scrutiny over its massive spending on AI when it reports earnings on Tuesday, as revenue growth at the Google parent likely slowed in the holiday quarter due to a slowdown in its advertising and cloud businesses. Like other US technology heavyweights, Alphabet faces new scrutiny on its capital expenditure after Chinese … Read more
The US Commerce Department is looking into whether DeepSeek – the Chinese company whose AI model’s performance rocked the tech world – has been using US chips that are not allowed to be shipped to China, a person familiar with the matter said. China’s DeepSeek last week launched a free assistant it says uses less … Read more
New York-based cybersecurity firm Wiz says it has found a trove of sensitive data from the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek inadvertently exposed to the open internet. In a blog post published Wednesday, Wiz said that scans of DeepSeek’s infrastructure showed that the company had accidentally left more than a million lines of data available … Read more
OpenAI has reportedly claimed that DeepSeek might have distilled its artificial intelligence (AI) models to build the R1 model. As per the report, the San Francisco-based AI firm stated that it has evidence that some users were using its AI models’ outputs for a competitor, which is suspected to be DeepSeek. Notably, the Chinese company … Read more