If artificial intelligence can truly run more efficiently, the power it needs might be less than experts assume.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's chatbot achieved only 17% accuracy in delivering news and information in a NewsGuard audit that ranked it tenth out of eleven in a comparison with its Western competitors including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
An AI chatbot backed by the French government has been taken offline shortly after it launched, after providing nonsensical answers to simple mathematical equations and even recommending that one user eat cow’s eggs.
The DeepSeek chatbot, known as R1, responds to user queries just like its U.S.-based counterparts. Early testing released by DeepSeek suggests that its quality rivals that of other AI products, while the company says it costs less and uses far fewer specialized chips than do its competitors.
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek ’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the rival of OpenAI's ChatGPT.
DeepSeek’s chatbot with the R1 model is a stunning release from the Chinese startup. While it’s an innovation in training efficiency, hallucinations still run rampant.
Canada’s largest airline was ordered to pay damage to the passenger, Jake Moffatt, who said he was assured by the chatbot that he could book a full-fare flight for his grandmother's funeral and then apply for a bereavement fare later.
Following the market plunge triggered by the release of the DeepSeek chatbot, Nvidia has recovered a large portion of its losses.
A few carriers and tech firms have already started dipping into specialized AI insurance solutions. For example, last year, AXA XL launched an endorsement to cover businesses developing their own generative AI (gen AI) models.
When asked to suggest solutions for environmental challenges, chatbots reflected biases. This could have harmful effects on how we understand and communicate climate change.