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US bans use of China's DeepSeek by govt agencies By AFP October 20, 2026 07:24 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize The US government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial int …
US bans use of China's DeepSeek by govt agenciesCitizen Digital
… But their so-called closed models that currently dominate the market are facing growing competition from open-weight models, largely from Chinese developers including DeepSeek and Moonshot. …
France's Mistral unveils latest model in sovereign AI pushCitizen Digital
AI 'warning shots' focus Beijing on national security risks By AFP September 20, 2026 08:00 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter This photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app logo displayed on a mobile phone in …
AI 'warning shots' focus Beijing on national security risksThe Standard
… This has been driven partly by Chinese developers such as DeepSeek and Alibaba releasing highly competitive open systems. …
AI outpaces regulation as risks grow, report warnsCitizen Digital
… The US cyber defense agency released an advisory on Tuesday accusing top Chinese AI labs including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI of systematically stealing the capabilities "through industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns". …
China says US accusations of AI theft are 'groundless'Citizen Digital
… In a sign of tightening competition against Gemini, China's DeepSeek, and its San Francisco rival Anthropic, which makes Claude, ChatGPT's market share for AI assistants fell below 50 percent in the first half of the year, according to research firm Sensor Tower, which uses compa …
Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion usersCitizen Digital
… Developers in China, including Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot, have created advanced and more affordable open models in recent months, spurring American companies to lower prices and build their own cheaper models. …
Meta pushes global AI vision amid race with OpenAI, Anthropic and ChinaCitizen Digital
… Open models are made by competitors in China, including DeepSeek and Moonshot, as well as Mistral in France. …
Trump admin to review 'closed' AI models before release: reportsCitizen Digital
… Cheaper and faster models coming from developers in China -- particularly from DeepSeek and Moonshot -- have ruffled feathers, and raised concerns about intellectual property theft, in the US. …
Google-parent Alphabet beats expectations, cloud revenue nearly doublesThe Standard
… Harun Katusya, a Kenyan data scientist, said the continent has become a proving ground in a broader contest between US firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic and Chinese developers behind models like DeepSeek. …
Kenya researchers push African ownership of Chinese AI modelsThe US Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, citing security risks including potential transfer of sensitive data to China through the company's China-based servers.
20 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The US Department of Homeland Security ordered federal civilian agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, citing security risks including potential transfer of sensitive data to China through the company's China-based servers.
20 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
French AI startup Mistral announced its largest open-weight model, "Chonk," which allows users to download and customise its parameters on their own servers, positioning the offering as an alternative to proprietary models from competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI that require data handover.
7 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Chinese policymakers, traditionally focused on immediate AI risks like deepfakes and child safety, are shifting attention to national security threats after evidence that top AI models possess alarming hacking abilities. A small team of California programmers demonstrated an AI-built cyberattack "worm" that could compromise millions of WeChat accounts.
20 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The 2026 International AI Safety Report warns that artificial intelligence is advancing faster than regulation, with emerging risks in three areas: deliberate misuse, unintentional malfunctions, and systemic risks from widespread deployment. The report notes that at least 700 million people use leading AI systems weekly, though adoption remains below 10 per cent in much of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and highlights increased harmful incidents involving AI-generated content used for criminal purposes.
16 September 2026 · The Standard →
China rejected US accusations that Chinese AI labs including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI systematically stole American model capabilities through knowledge distillation, calling the allegations "groundless" and a pretext for industrial monopoly.
10 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, making it the company's fastest-growing product ever and the 14th Google product to reach a billion users. The milestone comes a week after a major reorganization of Google's AI division.
12 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on the future of artificial intelligence calling for the US to compete against China, prevent "government tyranny" over AI, and ensure "superintelligence" technology becomes available to everyone. He argues the solution includes "open" weight models that allow users to download the rules governing how an AI system behaves, contrasting with competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic that focus on closed AI models.
11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Trump administration met with tech leaders to finalize a security review process for advanced "closed" AI models before release, though implementation details and enforcement mechanisms remain unclear. The review will apply only to proprietary models controlled by developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, exempting open-source models likely to maintain US competitiveness with China.
5 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Google-parent Alphabet reported Q2 revenue of more than $119 billion, up 24 percent year-on-year, with cloud business revenue exceeding $24 billion and net profit tripling to over $112 billion. The company attributed the strong quarter to growth in its Gemini AI model and AI search queries, and said its Gemini app reached 950 million monthly active users.
23 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenyan researchers are calling on African governments to use Chinese open-source AI models as foundations for locally built systems rather than simply importing foreign technology. Open-source models from companies like Alibaba, Baidu and ByteDance allow developers to retrain systems with local data, reduce costs and barriers to entry, and give African teams control over sensitive data and the ability to build solutions tailored to African priorities.
6 July 2026 · The Standard →
Generative AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, and others are being used to forecast the 2026 FIFA World Cup outcomes, with different systems predicting Spain, France, and Argentina as victors. The trend marks the first World Cup with widely available AI systems making predictions, a departure from Paul the Octopus, who gained fame for divining World Cup winners in 2010.
13 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
China has unveiled the ZGC (Jingxi) AI Technology Park in Beijing to support AI enterprises and develop a full-chain ecosystem for AI development, as the country targets leadership in the emerging technology. Global venture capital in AI has increased significantly since the 2023 release of Generative AI models, with the UN Trade and Development predicting the market will reach $4.8 trillion by 2033.
23 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was expected to take the stand in a California civil trial brought by Elon Musk, who alleges that Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman misappropriated his $38 million donations when OpenAI shifted from nonprofit to for-profit status. Musk is calling for OpenAI to revert to nonprofit status, while OpenAI contends that Musk's motivation is revenge after failing to gain majority control.
13 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to testify in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI regarding Microsoft's funding of OpenAI's shift from a nonprofit to a for-profit company. Musk accuses OpenAI of abandoning its original nonprofit mission and misusing his $38 million in founding donations.
11 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →