Fake accounts attempted to fan discontent as people raged against establishment figures following floods in the Valencia region that killed more than 200 people.

The news that an affordable artificial intelligence by DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has outperformed ChatGPT developer OpenAI on several benchmarks has upended the global AI industry. Tech analysts in the US are closely watching the emergence of a new contender in the field while noting that DeepSeek’s achievements epitomize the normal tendency for costs to fall with technological advancement.

US officials are probing whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek bought advanced Nvidia Corp. semiconductors through third parties in Singapore, circumventing US restrictions on sales of chips used for artificial intelligence tasks, people familiar with the matter said.

The buzz surrounding DeepSeek intensified following its launch on January 20, with discussions comparing its advancements to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Chinese state-linked social media accounts amplified narratives celebrating the launch of Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI models last week, days before the news tanked U.S. tech stocks, according to online analysis firm Graphika.

Apple on Thursday disclosed its iPhone sales dipped slightly during the holiday-season quarter, signaling a sluggish start to the trendsetting company’s effort to catch up to the rest of Big Tech in the race to bring artificial intelligence to the masses.

Meta agreed to a $25 million settlement over a 2021 lawsuit President Donald Trump brought against Meta for suspending his accounts after the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the news, and Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed the settlement to The Verge.

Screenshots of posts from an X account parodying Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's founder Liang Wenfeng have been re-shared as authentic amid worldwide interest in the company in late January.

Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook, accused the media of ignoring that a significant portion of DeepSeek’s infrastructure costs are still unknown.

Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work. It refused to answer questions like: “Who is Xi Jinping?”

A teenager testified Tuesday in disturbing detail about the six years of harrowing abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother.

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