The Hangzhou-based firm over the past several weeks released two powerful new AI models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1, that were built at a fraction of the cost and computing power that major tech companies muster to build large language models (LLMs) – the technology underpinning generative AI services like ChatGPT. On social media, the AI community … Read more
Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud unit is set to kick off its annual tech event this week, as China’s largest cloud service provider brings together large language model (LLM) start-ups to discuss the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Eddie Wu Yongming, chief executive of both Alibaba Group and its cloud unit, will deliver a keynote … Read more
“The upgrades of OpenAI’s GPT series, which powers ChatGPT, along with the substantial investments in supercomputing centres by tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Meta, all validate the effectiveness of scaling laws,” Jiang said in a talk on Saturday. “Going forward, issues like the availability of data, human resources, and concerns about return on … Read more
