It’s Not Just DeepSeek. A Guide to the Chinese AI Companies You Need to Know.
DeepSeek: The Chinese AI app that has the world talking
Its latest version was released on 20 January, quickly impressing AI experts before it got the attention of the entire tech industry - and the world. US President Donald Trump said it was a "wake-up call" for US companies who must focus on "competing to win".
DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app
DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts. DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques,
Now, Alibaba claims its AI model has beaten OpenAI, DeepSeek, second Chinese AI model in a week to do so
FirstFT: OpenAI claims it has evidence DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
OpenAI says it has found evidence that Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek used the US company’s proprietary models to train its own open-source competitor. The San Francisco-based ChatGPT maker told the FT it had seen some evidence of “distillation”,
OpenAI Is Probing Whether DeepSeek Used Its Models to Train New Chatbot
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Tencent's open-source AI 3D generator could reshape game development
The march of generative AI continues to set new milestones for creative tools. After AI image generators and video generators, 3D visuals are widely seen as the next frontier. And on that front, the Chinese tech giant Tencent has just made a another leap forward.
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AI battle heats up: Alibaba claims Qwen 2.5 Max outperforms Meta and DeepSeek in benchmarks
Alibaba claims that its new AI model, Qwen 2.5 Max, demonstrates superior performance over competitors like Meta’s Llama and DeepSeek’s V3. This development highlights the fierce competition among Chinese tech firms,
Tencent ramps up global AI efforts with roll-out of advanced Hunyuan 3D-generation system
Tencent Holdings released an updated 3D-generation system based on its artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model, Hunyuan, on open-source platforms, a move that is expected to help video game developers produce three-dimensional content more efficiently,
DeepSeek isn’t China’s only new AI model, and analysts are calling the flurry of new applications a ‘coordinated psyops’
At least three other companies including those backed by Alibaba and Tencent released updates to their applications in recent weeks.
Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek
Two days after the release of DeepSeek-R1, TikTok owner ByteDance released an update to its flagship AI model, which it claimed outperformed Microsoft-backed OpenAI's o1 in AIME, a benchmark test that measures how well AI models understand and respond to complex instructions.
Larry Ellison’s backing of Trump’s $500B AI project could help save Paramount merger: sources
Billionaire Larry Ellison’s backing of Stargate could help grease the wheels for the embattled merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, sources told The Post.
Tencent introduces ‘Hunyuan3D 2.0,’ AI that speeds up 3D design from days to seconds
Tencent's Hunyuan3D 2.0 transforms images into detailed 3D models in seconds. This could reshape how industries create virtual content.
Alibaba Ups AI Game, Says Its Qwen2.5 Max Beats DeepSeek and OpenAI In Performance
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) released a new version Wednesday of its Qwen large language model, known as Qwen2.5 Max, which it said topped DeepSeek's AI model across various benchmarks.
Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 Max scores big in AI benchmarks, claims world-leading performance
DeepSeek, a 20-month-old startup founded in Alibaba’s home city, Hangzhou, became a global sensation this week and figures prominently as the first benchmark that Alibaba appears to measure itself against. Alibaba Cloud also shared scores that suggest its AI beats OpenAI and Anthropic’s models in certain benchmarks.
Alibaba unveils Qwen 2.5 AI model, says it outperforms GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3
Alibaba unveils Qwen 2.5 AI model, claiming it outperforms GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 as China’s AI race intensifies.