-
Elon Musk: “A lot of very smart, very motivated [AI] engineers in China.”
Read more: Elon Musk: “A lot of very smart, very motivated [AI] engineers in China.”Everyone is recognizing the competition–and threat–China poses to the U.S. in the AI arms race. Here’s Elon Musk’s assessment, in discussing the DeepSeek moment. “There are a lot of very smart, very motivated engineers in China. So you should expect that China will come up with many great things. They have come up with many great things.…
-
VP JD Vance warns European countries not to overregulate US AI companies and stifle innovation
Read more: VP JD Vance warns European countries not to overregulate US AI companies and stifle innovationAt Paris AI, Vice President JD Vance strongly rebuked European countries against overregulating US AI companies. He said the Trump Administration refuses to accept it. The Trump Administration is troubled by reports that some foreign governments are considering tightening the screws on US tech companies with international footprints. Now, America cannot and will not accept…
-
DeepSeek moment: AI arms race disrupted by potential game-changer from China
Read more: DeepSeek moment: AI arms race disrupted by potential game-changer from ChinaMy social media apps blew up this week, with a steady stream of Americans raving about DeepSeek, the new AI rival to OpenAI–and all other AI companies in the U.S. By all appearances, the entire AI industry in the United States has taken notice. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella remarked: To see the DeepSeek new model,…
-
Amazon reports 13% increase in revenues, with strong AWS & AI growth
Read more: Amazon reports 13% increase in revenues, with strong AWS & AI growthAmazon reported strong first quarter earnings, driven by its Amazon Web Services (AWS) and growth in AI services. “It was a good start to the year across the business, and you can see that in both our customer experience improvements and financial results,” said Andy Jassy, Amazon President and CEO. “The combination of companies renewing…
-
Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in G42, AI group in Abu Dhabi
Read more: Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in G42, AI group in Abu DhabiMicrosoft has invested in or partnered with OpenAI, Mistral, and now G42, an AI group based in Abu Dhabi. The latter investment is valued at $1.5 billion and gives Microsoft a minority stake in the group. [Report from Financial Times]
-
AI arms race heats up: Google announces Dec. launch of Gemini – will it blow GPT-4 away?
Read more: AI arms race heats up: Google announces Dec. launch of Gemini – will it blow GPT-4 away?Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced the December launch of its new AI model named Gemini, trained on Google’s own TPUv5 chips. Based on reports, Gemini sounds far more powerful than GPT-4. One of the features that Gemini boasts is multimodal data processing, meaning that the AI model analyzes not just text, but also media, including…