China’s DeepSeek is taking a page out of OpenAI’s playbook by developing its own AI chip for inference. The move would reduce the country’s reliance on semiconductors made by American Nvidia, which has struggled to reestablish a sales pipeline in China after US President Donald Trump began allowing chip exports ...
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China pitches the world on open-source AIChina pitches the world on open-source AI
GENEVA — Chinese government officials are using the United Nations’ AI for Good summit in Switzerland this week to, in part, reframe the open-source models that have proliferated in China. The implicit pitch: In contrast to the most advanced US models, which can be restrictive and expensive, open-source AI tools ...
AI makes mistakes, tooAI makes mistakes, too
Reed’s view It isn’t just big companies fretting about high and unexpected bills for AI tokens. It is also … me. On Sunday morning, I woke up jet-lagged after two weeks in Europe to find that OpenAI was repeatedly charging me $5, more than 20 times a day in some ...
Trump’s renewed attacks ‘blindside’ NATOTrump’s renewed attacks ‘blindside’ NATO
Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen said her country was ready to defend Greenland, after President Donald Trump again said the US should control the island. Trump’s renewed attacks on NATO have “blindsided” diplomats who had set up this week’s summit to appease him, the Financial Times reported. Countries announced a ...
Trump wants to allow sales of F-35 jets to TürkiyeTrump wants to allow sales of F-35 jets to Türkiye
US President Donald Trump wants to sell F-35 jets to Ankara, setting him on a collision course with his own lawmakers as well as Israel. Washington blocked arms sales to Türkiye after it imported Russian-made air defense systems in 2017: Officials worry the technology could gather data about the advanced ...
Ghana gold dispute draws in president’s brotherGhana gold dispute draws in president’s brother
The Scoop A company headed by the brother of the Ghanaian president has refused to hand back a $100 million gold mine at the center of an ownership row, defying a ruling by an international court, documents seen by Semafor show. A 2023 earn-in agreement, which would enable the Ghanaian ...
South Africa mulls tax cuts to boost industrial growthSouth Africa mulls tax cuts to boost industrial growth
The News South Africa is considering rolling out tax cuts to revive its struggling industrial hubs, in line with a World Bank recommendation to help reverse a long-term manufacturing slump and unlock billions in idle corporate cash. The major policy push to extend the 15% corporate tax rate — nearly ...
Fresh strikes cast doubt on US-Iran ceasefireFresh strikes cast doubt on US-Iran ceasefire
Oil prices jumped to above pre-war levels after the US and Iran traded fire. Tehran said it had hit 85 US military targets in the Gulf in response to American strikes, which came after Iran attacked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz; the US has also revoked a sanctions waiver ...
Trump expected to remove Syrian terrorism designationTrump expected to remove Syrian terrorism designation
The Scoop Advocates for fully normalized US-Syria relations are bullish that President Donald Trump will lift the country’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism as soon as Wednesday, when he’s set to meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara. Stripping the ...
The hunt is on for Platner’s replacement in MaineThe hunt is on for Platner’s replacement in Maine
The News Maine Democrats accused Graham Platner’s Senate campaign of putting a “thumb on the scale” in the debate over how to replace him, as nearly all of his endorsers deserted him. “We have repeatedly reiterated to Graham Platner’s team that they have no role in determining our next Democratic ...