The arrival of a Chinese challenger shows Australia isn’t out of the AI arms race and could even carve out a dominant position in powering the technology, according to one of Australia’s leading AI experts.

Prominent technology chiefs offer their views on the sudden rise of DeepSeek: it’s a game changer, competition is good and expect more market gyrations.

Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeep became the top-rated free app on Apple play store in the United States, leading to a crash in the US stock market.

The prime minister’s bumbling answer to a press club question on Australia’s engagement in the AI arms race shows how complacent political and business leaders are.

The rising popularity of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI platform, has raised data privacy concerns. While Australia has asked users to be cautious, Italy’s Data Protection Agency has posed questions about how the chatbot uses personal data.

Trump's Stargate AI initiative has resulted in backlash, including from Elon Musk. But what is it and how could it affect Australian AI?

OpenAI 'has evidence' DeepSeek used its model to train Chinese chatbot - DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to US giants like OpenAI, despite fears of censorship around issues sensitive to Beijing

The company has surged in popularity, with technology it claims is on par with competitors such as OpenAI and Meta's most advanced models.

The race is on to build the fastest, most efficient AI models and hopefully tech companies will start developing the products we want to use.

AI-enabled hedge fund’s Armina Rosenberg says that if DeepSeek truly had access to as many chips as it claims, the breakthrough would have cost about $1 billion.

Chinese AI shooting star DeepSeek has made headlines for its R1 chatbot’s supposed low cost and high performance, but also its claim to be a

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