India's needs to build core competencies and fund foundational research in AI and semiconductors—both for the sake of the local market, and for India's global geopolitical leverage.

In 2023, smartphones-to-silicon conglomerate Huawei quietly released its flagship Mate 60 Pro handset. The launch, while muted, was worth celebrating in the People’s Republic: the device featured a ...

The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and ...

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Over the past two years, the Biden administration struck a careful balance on artificial intelligence. The White House took steps to ensure the US stayed ahead of China ...

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OpenAI’s plan to build new data centers will get no government subsidies and is in fact already well underway.

DeepSeek might be one of the best alternatives to ChatGPT o1, but users should know the AI chatbot comes from China.

Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23rd, 2025. Alexandr Wang, whose company Scale AI provides training data to ...

With its MIT license and ultra-low costs, DeepSeek could be an appealing and cost-effective option for enterprise adoption.

Despite the American government’s efforts to hold back China’s AI industry, two Chinese firms had reduced their American counterparts’ technological lead to a matter of weeks. It is not just with ...