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Was this the week DeepSeek started the slow unwinding of the AI bet?

The cheap Chinese chatbot has stunned tech giants – and opened up the possibility that other countries, not just China, could now afford to enter the AI race

The Guardian - UK

UK’s position on China ‘inconsistent and erratic’ – alleged spy linked to Andrew

Yang Tengbo said allegations against him are ‘entirely unfounded’.

Evening Standard

How DeepSeek users are forcing the AI to reveal the truth about Chinese executions

IN FOCUS: Don’t ask the viral Chinese app about Tiananmen Square, Xi Jinping... or Winnie the Pooh, writes Anthony Cuthbertson

The Independent UK

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Palmer Luckey Accuses DeepSeek Of Lying About AI Model Costs: 'The $5M Number Is Bogus'

Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus, questions DeepSeek's AI claims, criticising US media for 'mindlessly' reporting on the progress of the Chinese startup.

International Business Times UK

How a Chinese AI Company Found a Way Around America's Export Controls

DeepSeek made a more efficient product that the rules wouldn't hinder.

Reason

I just outsmarted DeepSeek’s censorship — here are 3 ways to get answers to the questions it doesn’t like

DeepSeek has a Chinese censorship problem, and I've found 3 clever ways you can work around this.

Tom’s Guide

DeepSeek's success has painted a huge TikTok-shaped target on its back

DeepSeek's success may be short-lived and follow in the footsteps of other Chinese brands like Huawei and TikTok.

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Chinese Low-cost AI Assistant DeepSeek Hits Crypto AI Tokens Hard

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched its AI assistant, and it's not only affecting U.S. stock markets but also crypto-AI tokens that were expected to make a significant rally this year.

International Business Times

DeepSeek outperforms OpenAI's reasoning model at just 3% of the cost after President Trump's $500 billion Stargate AI initiative. “All I know is we keep pushing forward to make open-source AGI a reality for everyone🚀”

DeepSeek’s R1 AI model competes with OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model across math, coding, and science on an even playing field at 3% of the cost.

Windows Central

DeepSeek: The best ChatGPT alternative or a hotbed of dubious claims?

ChatGPT may face its stiffest competition yet with DeepSeek, but the AI model that seems to do so much right raises a strange amount of questions.

Laptop

Chinese activist Teacher Li’s memecoin launch divides dissident community

‘Teacher Li’ is among the most prolific sources of unfiltered information from behind China’s Great Firewall. But an attempt to monetise it has proven controversial

The Guardian - AU

TikTok's imminent ban is pushing people to Red Note, another Chinese app, and the irony is just too rich

TikTok users are fleeing the platform ahead of an expected ban in the US – and many are heading to the China-owned Red Note.

TechRadar

Tencent has been designated a Chinese military company by the US Department of Defense, which the conglomerate calls a 'misunderstanding'

But several US-based videogame companies, including Microsoft, would be considered US military companies if the same metric was applied to them.

PC Gamer

China’s economy took centre stage in Xi’s new year address, spinning slow growth as a ‘remarkable’ achievement

Chinese president Xi Jinping delivered his annual televised new year address on December 31, and commentators have been quick to share their interpretation. Some have emphasised Xi’s passing reference to Chinese reunification as a threat against Taiwan. Others have focused on Xi’s comments about China’s economy, framing them as a…

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The Guardian - UK

‘I was very lucky’: activist and blogger Lu Yuyu on escaping China

Released from prison in 2020 after being jailed for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’, he became increasingly desperate to leave – before seizing his opportunity

Top News

Chinese Communist Party's Influence In U.S. State Governments

Learn how China exploits state and local relationships in the U.S. to evade federal oversight and exert influence through economic means.

The Guardian - UK

Chinese embassy criticises ‘anti-China clamours’ after Yang Tengbo spy claim

Embassy claims some UK politicians have ‘twisted mentality towards China’ and are trying to smear it

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Evening Standard

What we know so far about the alleged Chinese spy with links to Andrew

Yang Tengbo was said to have become a ‘close’ confidant of the Duke of York.

Evening Standard

Chinese 'spy' banned from UK and linked to Prince Andrew named as Yang Tengbo

Yang Tengbo says he has done ‘nothing wrong or unlawful’ after reporting restriction on his identity is lifted

The Independent UK

‘Chinese spy’ at heart of Prince Andrew scandal named

Yang Tengbo insisted he has done ‘nothing wrong’ and rejected allegations of being a spy as ‘entirely untrue’

Al Jazeera

Suspected Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew banned from UK. What to know

A 50-year-old businessman allegedly entered royal residences and was reportedly told he was in Andrew’s top circle.

The Guardian - UK

Who is H6, the Chinese businessman with links to Prince Andrew?

What do we know about former civil servant who some claim is regarded as a close confidant of the Duke of York?

The Guardian - UK

Prince Andrew may have been a victim of Chairman Mao’s ‘magic weapon’

The United Front Work Department aims to befriend, bribe and seduce ‘useful idiots’. Was Andrew caught up in its net?

The National (Scotland)

'Close confidant' of Prince Andrew banned from UK amid Chinese spying allegations

A CHINESE businessman described as a “close confidant” of Prince Andrew is to be banned from the UK after losing an appeal against a Home Office…

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