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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
DeepSeek debuts a family of multimodal, MIT-licensed open-source models including Janus-Pro-7B, which it claims beats OpenAI's DALL-E 3 in GenEval and DPG-Bench — DeepSeek, the viral AI company, has released a new set of multimodal AI models that it claims can outperform OpenAI's DALL-E 3.
More: GitHub, The Register, Android Authority, The Verge, Business Today, Hugging Face, Neowin, Digit, Mashable, and The Information
X: @eastdakota, @rowancheung, @samanthaladuc, @suhail, @iruletheworldmo, @turnernovak, @minimaxir, @3xcalibaneur, @benioff, @repligate, @emollick, @nomaditsu, @brianroemmele, @rohanpaul_ai, @casper_hansen_, @kimmonismus, @avrecum, @deedydas, @iscienceluvr, and @jack
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/LocalLLaMA, and Slashdot
| Reece Rogers / Wired: |
Hands-on with DeepSeek's chatbot: R1 model is free and powerful, but suffers from rampant hallucinations and lacks some ChatGPT tools like the memory feature — DeekSeek's chatbot with the R1 model is a stunning release from the Chinese startup. While it's an innovation in training efficiency, hallucinations still run rampant.| Wired: |
DeepSeek's privacy policy shows broad data collection practices and says user data, along with all the conversations and prompts, is stored on servers in China — Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it's sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country …
More: The Guardian, Benzinga, Moneycontrol, The Economic Times, Bloomberg, Digit, Livemint, and Forbes
Bluesky: @couts. X: @scobleizer, @lukedepulford, @lukedepulford, @bgurley, @lukedepulford, @tomtugendhat, @etbrooking, @billackman, and @bgurley
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/technews, r/worldnews, and r/technology
| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
DeepSeek says it is temporarily limiting new user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services — DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services, though existing users will be able to log in as usual.
More: DeepSeek Service Status, BleepingComputer, The Guardian, The Verge, Reuters, Financial Express, Android Authority, Cyber Daily, Times of India, Interesting Engineering, Computerworld, Digit, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, The Hacker News, MedCity News, Washington Post, Business Today, Wired, South China Morning Post, Fortune, and Moneycontrol
X: @bindureddy and @mathewi
Forums: r/cybersecurity, r/economicCollapse, r/unusual_whales, r/NvidiaStock, r/csMajors, r/news, and r/technology
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Nvidia calls DeepSeek's work “an excellent AI advancement”, reiterating “inference requires significant numbers of NVIDIA GPUs and high-performance networking” — Nvidia called DeepSeek's R1 model “an excellent AI advancement,” despite the Chinese startup's emergence causing …
More: CNN, Moneycontrol, Bloomberg, Reuters, Time, MarketWatch, South China Morning Post, Neowin, The Motley Fool, Business Insider, News18, The Capital, Axios, Benzinga, Fox Business, Tech Startups, KrASIA, Tech.co, Futurism, Business Today, Australian Financial Review, The Motley Fool Australia, TweakTown, and Seeking Alpha
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com. X: @satyanadella, @kobeissiletter, @deitaone, @kobeissiletter, @mouinrabbani, @fchollet, and @firstadopter
Forums: r/StockMarket, r/WallStreetbetsELITE, r/China, r/singularity, and r/NVDA_Stock
| Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: |
Sam Altman says DeepSeek's R1 is an “impressive model, particularly around what they're able to deliver for the price” and OpenAI “will pull up some releases” — OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman welcomed the debut of DeepSeek's R1 model in a post on X late on Monday.
More: Axios, Business Today, Business Standard, The Standard, Moneycontrol, The Capital, CoinGape, Fortune, Novinite.com, YourStory.com, The Irish Times, Associated Press, Livemint, Türkiye Today, AIM Media House, Nairametrics, The Verge, Business Insider, and Reuters
Bluesky: @sfpodge. X: @sama, @rahll, @gergelyorosz, @robertmsterling, @heshiebee, @jathansadowski, @deedydas, @mikeisaac, @peterdiamandis, @saboo_shubham_, @parikpatelcfa, @armankhon, @onlyfanons, @natemcgrady, @marvinvonhagen, @orphiccapital, @konradryczko, @oldmankotaro, @_timbarker, @classicshelb, @parikpatelcfa, @fieroty, @kenklippenstein, @0xish, @stevenheidel, @iscienceluvr, @sama, @emollick, @aravsrinivas, @justinebateman, @blakestonks, @litcapital, @mave99a, @sama, @teroterotero, @parismarx, @kantrowitz, @thegasstovee, and @liangwenfeng_
Forums: r/OpenAI and r/singularity
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Nvidia's stock dropped 16.86%, closing at $118.58, losing nearly $600B in market cap, more than twice as much as any US company has ever lost in a single day — Nvidia lost close to $600 billion in market cap on Monday, the biggest drop for any company on a single day in U.S. history.
More: Business Today, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, Business Plus, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Los Angeles Times, Benzinga, Wall Street Pit, Times of India, Reuters, TechCrunch, and Financial Times
Bluesky: @mgsiegler.com. Threads: @benedictevans. X: @basedbeffjezos, @litcapital, @basedbeffjezos, @theserfstv, @esaagar, @johncoogan, @trungtphan, @bumrahbachi, @levie, @joepostingg, @alexdanilo99, @dylan522p, @gavinsbaker, @morningbrew, @matthewherper, @andrewyng, @birdyword, @jason_kint, and @morningbrew
Forums: Hacker News, r/Economics, r/nvidia, r/OpenAI, r/NVDA_Stock, and r/TheMajorityReport
| Bloomberg: |
Trump vows to impose tariffs on foreign semiconductors in the “near future” and calls DeepSeek's AI progress “a positive” and “a wake-up call” for US industries — President Donald Trump said he would soon impose tariffs on foreign pharmaceuticals …
More: PCMag, Reuters, The Information, BBC, MarketWatch, TweakTown, The Verge, Axios, CNBC, KTVU-TV, USA Today, and Dow Jones Newswires
Bluesky: @schumer.senate.gov, @schumer.senate.gov, @simli, and @firstadopter
X: @davidsacks, @fluxtheorist, @posting_forever, @stevenglinert, @clairlemon, @armanddoma, @alexgodofsky, @notpotbol, @puppospraxis, @jachaseyoung, @quantian1, @drewpavlou, @ettingermentum, @njsilvadyne, @captain_fubar, @noemiemakesmaps, @iloveindomieyes, @poorlyreasoned, @coopercooperco, @noahpinion, @liv_agar, @zlingerrr, @rnaudbertrand, @pbgomez_, @byron_wan, @posting_forever, @badiucao, @drewpavlou, @zhao_dashuai, @rpsagainsttrump, @badiucao, @daniellefong, @princevogel, @dnystedt, @financelancelot, @autismcapital, @acyn, and @tszzl
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Maps when “official government sources” are updated, after Trump signed an EO changing the name — Google said Monday it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” in Google Maps …
More: The Verge, TechCrunch, Moneycontrol, Reuters, Android Police, Washington Post, The Hill, Mashable, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Authority, Novinite.com, Mediaite, NECN, Livemint, New York Times, Deutsche Welle, Benzinga, Daily Mail, Times of India, New York Post, BGR, al.com, and UPI
Bluesky: @joycewhitevance, @mikeelgan, @evansutton, and @quinnypig.com. Mastodon: @dangillmor@mastodon.social
X: @newsfromgoogle, @newsfromgoogle, @ok_post_guy, @wilson__valdez, @josephpolitano, @artemr, @iurisos, @quantian1, @tnoquoproquid, @newsfromgoogle, @newsfromgoogle, @jason_kint, @lutherlowe, @stevemoser, and @ronfilipkowski
Forums: Hacker News, r/wisconsin, r/politics, r/gis, r/news, r/worldnews, r/NewsOfTheStupid, r/google, and r/neoliberal
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google open sources PebbleOS, paving the way for more smartwatch hardware; Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky aims to develop a new smartwatch — Four years after launching the (then) most lucrative crowdfunding campaign in Kickstarter's history, Pebble abruptly ended.
More: Eric Migicovsky's Blog, Google Open Source Blog, GitHub, Android Authority, Ars Technica, PhoneArena, Wareable, OMG! Ubuntu, Android Authority, The Indian Express, Gadgets & Wearables, Android Police, 9to5Mac, Android Central, Good e-Reader, and Engadget
Mastodon: @shlee@aus.social, @SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social, and @flaki@flaki.social
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Even with DeepSeek's breakthroughs, US tech companies still benefit from their large investments to train more advanced models and meet the resulting demand — Programming note: Platformer will be off tomorrow as I welcome a new assistant to help you all with your various customer service and billing questions and get her up to speed.
More: Hugging Face, The Indian Express, Exponential View, and The Hill
Bluesky: @zchrymllr.com and @caseynewton
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
More: BBC, Livemint, Pivot to AI, Reuters, New York Times, MarketWatch, Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Register, Yahoo Finance, The Guardian, The Next Platform, Hindustan Times, Business Insider, Scientific American, The Independent, Redmonk, The Hill, Moneycontrol, Fortune, Fast Company, and WAtoday
Bluesky: @mims, @edzitron.com, and @edzitron.com
Threads: @roccobasilico, @lessin, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, and @anildash
X: @avichal, @_karenhao, @yishan, @yoavgo, @maxwinebach, @emollick, @borrowed_ideas, @trungtphan, @scottgottliebmd, @benthompson, @fernandp, @sarthakgh, @suhail, @stratechery, @pietergaricano, and @benbajarin. LinkedIn: McGee Young
Forums: r/neoliberal and lobste.rs
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
More: The Hindu, TechCrunch, Futurism, The Indian Express, Reuters, PitchBook, Bloomberg, and VentureBeat
Bluesky: @marypcbuk, @anildash.com, @mims, @anildash.com, @anildash.com, and @anildash.com. Threads: @parkert
X: @garrytan and @stevenheidel
| Bloomberg: |
More: Unchained, Business Insider, Nikkei Asia, Forbes, ZeroHedge News, Blood in the Machine, and Hindustan Times
Bluesky: @niedermeyer.online, @niedermeyer.online, @niedermeyer.online, @niedermeyer.online, and @edzitron.com
X: @thestalwart, @sparkycollier, @devahaz, @danprimack, and @thestalwart
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Apple releases iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS 15.3, enabling Apple Intelligence by default on supported devices but disabling AI summaries for news apps — Apple on Monday released a software update for iPhones, iPads and Macs that turns Apple Intelligence on by default for users with supported devices.
More: Apple Support, BleepingComputer, MacRumors, TechCrunch, PCMag, MacRumors, Wired, 9to5Mac, The Eclectic Light Company, Android Authority, zollotech on YouTube, TechRadar, PYMNTS.com, GSMArena.com, Stephen Robles on YouTube, The Pinnacle Gazette, iDeviceHelp on YouTube, zollotech on YouTube, Security Affairs, Ars Technica, VICE, Tom's Guide, Mr. Macintosh on YouTube, Gizmodo, Neowin, CNET, Revista Merca2.0, AppleInsider, The Express Tribune, Breaking Latest News Today, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, 960 The Ref, Wccftech, 9meters, The Eclectic Light Company, iDownloadBlog.com, How-To Geek, ZDNET, mjtsai.com, mjtsai.com, mjtsai.com, CNET, CNET, 9to5Mac, Android Headlines, MacRumors, iClarified, How-To Geek, CNET, The Verge, Appleosophy, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Brandon Butch on YouTube, The Apple Post, MacStories, iClarified, iClarified, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, BGR, and BGR
Bluesky: @caseynewton and @daniloc.xyz
Mastodon: @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …, @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …, @colincornaby@mastodon.social, @lapcatsoftware@mastodon …, and @dnanian@mas.to. Threads: @mgsiegler
Forums: r/technology, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba's Qwen team releases Qwen2.5-VL, a new series of AI models that can control PCs and phones, as well as perform a number of text and image analysis tasks — Chinese AI lab DeepSeek might be getting the bulk of the tech industry's attention this week. But one of its top domestic rivals, Alibaba, isn't sitting idly by.
More: Qwen and Simon Willison's Weblog
X: @alibaba_qwen, @simonw, @huybery, @gm8xx8, @omarsar0, @kimmonismus, and @prince_canuma
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