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DeepSeek: Welcome to US artificial intelligence’s Sputnik moment

Following last weekend’s introduction of the latest large language model (LLM) from DeepSeek, ChatGPT’s new artificial intelligence (AI) rival has topped the Apple App Store for iPhone downloads.The DeepSeek R1 LLM is open source and uses reasoning combined with what the company calls “cold start data”, which means that rather than trawling the internet and…

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Some RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs have seriously inflated price tags, climbing as high as 70% over MSRP in the case of one Asus model

The Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 tips the scales at $3,409Some other RTX 5090 and 5080 models also command a hefty premium over MSRPStock of these GPUs remains vanishingly thin anywayNvidia’s RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs are off to a shaky start, not just because of the fact that these new Blackwell graphics cards…

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ChatGPT no longer requires you to have an account to search

Google’s dominance in online search has been virtually undisputed for over 20 years, but a real challenger might have finally arrived. As of Wednesday, OpenAI no longer requires you to log in to use ChatGPT’s search engine. In fact, you don’t even need an account.“ChatGPT search is now available to everyone in regions where ChatGPT…

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Rumored prices for third-party RTX 5080 graphics cards soar above Nvidia’s MSRP, and I’m worried entry-level models will sell out in a flash

A Finnish retailer has aired price tags for Gigabyte’s RTX 5080 modelsOnly the WindForce variant is at the MSRPThe six other RTX 5080 boards shown are 15% to 35% pricierNvidia’s RTX 5080 is priced at an MSRP of $999 in the US – and in line with that in other regions – which was a…

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Nvidia RTX 5050 was missing in action at CES 2025 – but the budget GPU might just have been spotted in a surprising laptop

LG Gram marketing materials show the laptop with an RTX 5050 GPUThe rest of the promo blurb indicates an RTX 4050 graphics card, thoughThis suggests Nvidia delayed the RTX 5050, but it’s likely not that far offNvidia revealed its new Blackwell laptop GPUs alongside RTX 5000 desktop graphics cards recently at CES 2025, but we’ve…

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Taylor Swift singing in Japanese: Mind-blowing new AI tech from China

Less than a year ago, Microsoft’s VASA-1 blew my mind. The company showed how it could animate any photo and turn it into a video featuring the person in the image. This wasn’t the only impressive part, as the subject of the image would also be able to speak in the video.VASA-1 surpassed anything we’d…

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OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used ChatGPT to train its AI

Chinese startup DeepSeek stunned the world with its sophisticated DeepSeek R1 reasoning model, which is as good as ChatGPT o1. That’s not a surprising achievement; it’s only a matter of time before other AI models can replicate what OpenAI has done in terms of AI reasoning. Also, OpenAI will soon make o3 available, the successor…

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Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 surpasses DeepSeek as China’s AI race heats up

In a rare move, Chinese tech company Alibaba released a new version of the Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model during the Lunar New Year. The tech firm claims this update surpasses DeepSeek-V3, which had a meteoric rise in popularity in the past three weeks.With this release, we’re now seeing that not only are US companies…

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Will the iPhone SE 4 have a Dynamic Island or a notch?

Despite all the DeepSeek hype and OpenAI recently accusing the Chinese company of training its model with ChatGPT, there’s still room for iPhone SE 4 rumors. Did you even remember that Apple is getting ready to announce its first new iPhone of 2025? Apple’s most affordable iPhone with the A18 chip, 6.1-inch OLED display, Dynamic…

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