Silicon Valley, AI

Chinese AI DeepSeek jolts Silicon Valley, giving the AI race its 'Sputnik moment'
A small lab in China has shaken Silicon Valley. The sudden appearance of an advanced AI assistant from DeepSeek, a previously little-known company in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, has sparked discussion and debate within the U.
DeepSeek: How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley
DeepSeek has delighted the Chinese internet ahead of Lunar New Year, the country's biggest holiday. It's good news for a beleaguered economy and a tech industry that is bracing for further tariffs and the possible sale of TikTok's US business.
Silicon Valley Rattled By Low-cost Chinese AI
Fears that the AI gold rush could be under threat rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence of a ChatGPT-like model from China, triggering predictions of turmoil for Silicon Valley and accusations of cheating.
The Chinese AI Company Trump Says Is A 'Wakeup Call' For Silicon Valley
DeepSeek says its newest AI model is as good as those of its American rivals, was cheaper to build and it’s available for free. What does that mean for US AI supremacy?
What is DeepSeek? Why China’s latest AI model is spooking Wall Street and Silicon Valley
Wall Street and Silicon Valley were in a tailspin on Monday due to the stunning rise of DeepSeek – a Chinese artificial intelligence startup that claims to have developed an advanced model at a
Donald Trump warns China’s new DeepSeek AI is a ‘wake up call’ for Silicon Valley
The Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s latest large language model has been described as a ‘Sputnik moment’ for the American tech industry
Silicon Valley praising Chinese AI startup DeepSeek: 'Profound gift to the world'
A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley raving, calling it "amazing and impressive,"despite working with less-advanced chips.
Silicon Valley Responds to the Rise of DeepSeek
Silicon Valley leaders confronted their first serious AI rival from China: DeepSeek. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, sensing the heat, said his company will launch some products a little earlier than planned.
China pulls a Silicon Valley on… Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s own mythos is built on the tech-world challengers who beat the odds and slew corporate Goliaths through sheer technical ingenuity. If anything is remarkable about the seeming DeepSeek coup,
Chinese AI breakthrough shakes Silicon Valley giants
Chinese startup DeepSeek has shaken financial markets by presenting a new artificial intelligence (AI) model. The company from China unexpectedly caused a drop in stocks of Silicon Valley tech companies on Wall Street.
Silicon Valley Is Raving About a Made-in-China AI Model
SINGAPORE—A Chinese artificial-intelligence company has Silicon Valley marveling at how its programmers nearly matched American rivals despite using inferior chips. AI models from DeepSeek, the Chinese company,
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How China created AI model DeepSeek and shocked the world
Government policies, generous funding and a pipeline of AI graduates have helped Chinese firms create advanced LLMs.
Why blocking China's DeepSeek from using US AI may be difficult
Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly ...
Silicon Valley leaders from Sam Altman to Satya Nadella react to their new rival DeepSeek
Meta, Nvidia, and other tech giants react to DeepSeek's competitive, cost-efficient models that challenge established market ...
China celebrates DeepSeek’s breakout AI success as tech race heats up
People across China have taken to social media to hail the success of its homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, ...
China’s DeepSeek disrupts American plans for AI dominance
The sudden rise of Chinese AI app DeepSeek has leaders in Washington and Silicon Valley grappling with how to keep the U.S.
Transcript: Tech in 2025 — China’s AI ‘Sputnik moment’
This is an audio transcript of the Tech Tonic podcast episode: ‘Tech in 2025 — China’s AI ‘Sputnik moment’’ ...
China heralds DeepSeek as a symbol of AI advancements amid U.S. restrictions
U.S. companies were spooked when the Chinese startup released models said to match or outperform leading American ones at a ...