Hackers are using the Gemini chatbot for coding, to identify attack points, and for creating fake information, Google said.
India has long been a global hub for tech talent, yet a recent wave of advancements from China has raised questions about why India has not produced similar breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
People across China have taken to social media to hail the success of its homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company unveiled its newest artificial intelligence model, sending shock waves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.
NVIDIA, the world's most valuable company until Monday, lost $600 billion of market value in a single day, the biggest in US stock history.
DeepSeek released an open-source artificial intelligence model in December, saying it took only two months and less than $6 million to create it.
Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work. It refused to answer questions like: “Who is Xi Jinping?”
DeepSeek researchers claim it was developed for less than $6 million, a contrast to the $100 million it takes U.S. tech startups to create AI.
Google's own cybersecurity teams found evidence of nation-state hackers using Gemini to help with some aspects of cyberattacks.
As of this morning, DeepSeek had overtaken ChatGPT as the top free application on Apple’s mobile-app store in the United States. Researchers, executives, and investors have been heaping on praise. The new DeepSeek model “is one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs I’ve ever seen,
Eric Schmidt, former CEO and chairman of Google, is co-founder of Schmidt Sciences and chair of the nonpartisan think tank Special Competitive Studies Project. Dhaval Adjodah is co-founder and CEO of MakerMaker.AI.