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Shares of chip-testing equipment maker Advantest tumbled amid a shift away from hardware.

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The AI upstart has overtaken ByteDance’s Doubao and is closing in on ChatGPT, but scrutiny is mounting.

DeepSeek hit 33.7 million users in January—but is a crackdown imminent?

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The Chinese startup’s latest release proves that expensive hardware isn’t the only route to AI innovation, shaking up markets worldwide.

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With its young team defying convention, DeepSeek’s latest V3 model signals that its bold approach might be yielding results.