WASHINGTON: ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Wednesday (Jan 29) said that Chinese companies are actively attempting to replicate its advanced AI models, prompting increased security measures and closer cooperation with US authorities.

Entrepreneurs in Asia and Africa believe DeepSeek is proof that frugality and innovation can go hand in hand. DeepSeek’s open-source model has lowered the barriers for AI innovators outside the West.

One possible answer being floated in tech circles is distillation, an AI training method that uses bigger "teacher" models to train smaller but faster-operating "student" models.

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has given Silicon Valley a wake-up call by launching LLMs that are cheaper yet as effective as OpenAI's models.

Australia's export price index rose 3.6%, while its import price index advanced 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Could US rules limiting high-end chip sales to China have fuelled the development of superior AI? Investors say the Chinese start-up should be closely watched.

SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Financial Times) -- OpenAI says it has found evidence that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek used the U.S. company's proprietary models to train its own open-source competitor, as concerns grow over a potential breach of intellectual property.

OpenAI has asked an Indian court to quash a plea by a group representing Indian and global book publishers that accuse it of copyright breaches, arguing its ChatGPT service only disseminates public information,

US stock index futures also tumbled amid concerns DeepSeek’s AI models challenge US AI leadership. Read more at straitstimes.com.

OpenAI said, “We are currently investigating elevated error rates in the API.” The cause of the outage remains unclear

At the event, when asked if an Indian team with a $10 million budget could build a competitive AI model, Altman had said, "We’re gonna tell you it’s totally hopeless to compete with us on training foundation models.

There is a big lesson here for South Korea’s policymakers and tech companies. The country, which lags behind in AI solutions, may stumble into a fresh opportunity to catch up if the government and conglomerates realise it’s not too late to invest in making inroads into the AI battlefield.