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With China's DeepSeek, US Tech Fears Red Threat

The emergence of DeepSeek's lower cost breakthrough particularly threatens US-based AI leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic, which have invested billions in developing leading AI models
California tech investors have usually kept their involvement in politics low key, generally supporting centrist politicians who don't get in the way of their innovations and business plans.
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Widely viewed as one of the 'godfathers' of AI, Meta's Yann LeCun said Europe was 'afriad of risk'

Meta Guru Urges Europe To Gamble More On AI

Widely viewed as one of the "godfathers" of AI, he also judged as "a little unrealistic" a $500 billion AI bazooka announced by US President Donald Trump this week.
AFP news Jan 24, 2025
In his first full day in the White House, US President Donald Trump announced a major investment to build infrastructure for artificial intelligence led by Japanese giant SoftBank and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI

Musk Bashes Trump-backed AI Mega Project

The comments marked a rare instance of a split between the world's richest man and Trump, with Musk playing a key role in the newly installed administration after spending $270 million on the election campaign.
AFP news Jan 23, 2025
As Instagram strives to lure TikTok stars to its challenger Reels, some creators are put off by moves by parent company Meta to align itself with US political conservatives opposed to efforts to fight disinformation online

Instagram Courts TikTok Stars During Turbulent Times

After officially increasing the allowed length of videos and adding a new editing tool, Meta recently began letting TikTok creators earn as much as $5,000 over the course of three months for posting "Reels" to Facebook and Instagram
AFP news Jan 23, 2025
EU lawmakers have upped the pressure on Brussels to enforce the bloc's Digital Services Act, including against Elon Musk's X

EU's Legal Weapon Facing The Heat From US Big Tech

The rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), will be debated in the European Parliament Tuesday, as dozens of lawmakers pile pressure on Brussels to enforce measures aimed at taming the worst excesses of social media.
AFP news Jan 21, 2025
This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on January 18, 2025, shows the TikTok app on a smartphone screen in front of a photo of US President-elect Donald Trump. TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late January 18 after no act

TikTok Restores Service In US, Thanking Trump

TikTok restored service in the United States Sunday after briefly going dark, as a law banning the wildly popular app on national security grounds came into effect.
AFP news Jan 20, 2025
The EU had launched the probe into Elon Musk's X under its content moderation law in December 2023

EU Deepens Probe Into X After Musk Outbursts

Musk, who will be a part of Donald Trump's incoming administration in the United States, has angered Europe with a series of attacks on the continent's leaders as well as support for Germany's far-right AfD party before next month's vote.
AFP news Jan 17, 2025
New Apple iPhone 16 models released late in 2024 boast generative artificial intelligence features

Apple Sidelines AI News Summaries Due To Errors

The move by the tech titan comes as it enhances its latest lineup of devices with "Apple Intelligence" in a market keen for assurance that the iPhone maker is a contender in the AI race.
AFP news Jan 17, 2025
Dozens of EU lawmakers, most but not all from the hard right, are cheering on tech billionaire Elon Musk

'Mini-Musks' Channel Tech Titan In EU Parliament

Lawmakers across the EU spectrum have voiced outrage at Musk's stance towards the bloc -- from his incendiary backing for the German far right, to his outbursts over alleged censorship by Brussels regulators.
AFP news Jan 17, 2025
BYD electric cars for export wait to be loaded onto a ship at a port in Yantai, in eastern China's Shandong province

US To Ban Smart Cars Containing Chinese Tech

The announcement, which also pertains to Russian technology, comes as outgoing President Joe Biden wraps up efforts to step up curbs on China, and after a months-long regulatory process.
AFP news Jan 15, 2025
Mia Qu of Gigabyte Technology gestures to a gaming laptop enhanced with a superfast Nvidia chip as AI capabilities head for personal computers during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 9, 2025

AI Comes Down From The Cloud As Chips Get Smarter

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) gadget extravaganza closing Friday was rife with PCs and other devices touting AI chips, making them more capable than ever and untethering them from the cloud.
AFP news Jan 10, 2025
Even as Trump ally Elon Musk goaded European leaders, the European Commission -- the EU's digital watchdog -- has tried to stay out of the fray

US Tech Titans Ramp Up Pressure On EU

Barely two weeks before Trump's return to the White House, Zuckerberg dropped a bombshell Tuesday by pulling the plug on fact-checking at Facebook and Instagram in the United States -- and indicated changes could be coming to Europe too.
AFP news Jan 09, 2025
Attendees walk past a row of Chinese businesses at the annual Las Vegas tech show CES in January, 2024

Trade War Worries Loom Over Las Vegas Tech Show

XPeng's "flying car" and TCL's AI-enhanced television were just a few of the products offered by Chinese companies that have won attention at CES, the annual Las Vegas tech confab.
AFP news Jan 09, 2025

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