Hackers are using the Gemini chatbot for coding, to identify attack points, and for creating fake information, Google said.

U.S. companies were spooked when the Chinese startup released models said to match or outperform leading American ones at a fraction of the cost.

State-sponsored hackers from countries like Iran, China, and North Korea are increasingly using Gemini chatbot for cyberattacks, according to Google report.

These days, nothing is certain about the tech market or the world at large. Even Nvidia's seemingly bulletproof stock took a hammering on Monday, enduring

The sudden rise of Chinese AI app DeepSeek has leaders in Washington and Silicon Valley grappling with how to keep the U.S. ahead in the crucial technology.

A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.

Supported by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, DeepSeek launched its DeepSeek-R1 large language model (LLM) on Jan. 20. Unlike ChatGPT’s subscription-based and closed-source platform, priced at $200 per month, DeepSeek-R1 is entirely open-source and free, allowing users to access, compile, and operate it on native hardware without limitations.

Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work. It refused to answer questions like: “Who is Xi Jinping?”

Right now, everyone’s panicking about DeepSeek because it came out of China. But that’s the wrong way to look at it.

Teymour Taj explores the implications of the launch of the new Chinese AI chatbot which sent tech stocks plunging

Is this a Sputnik moment? The world has reacted with astonishment to the release of a disruptive AI model from Chinese company DeepSeek, which appears to be able to perform as well or, in some cases,