Italy's consumer and competition regulator opens latest probe into Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek over failure to warn about 'hallucinations'

Italy's consumer and competition regulator opens latest probe into Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek over failure to warn about 'hallucinations'
OpenAI executives reportedly discussed making antitrust accusations against minority owner Microsoft amidst escalating friction
Meta makes huge investment in AI startup Scale AI, whose founder and CEO Alexandr Wang is to join Meta's team developing “superintelligence”
OpenAI says its annual recurring revenues reach $10bn, nearly double the $5.5bn it made last year, as AI race intensifies
World Network, co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman, brings iris-scanning Orb devices to dedicated stores in UK cities amidst privacy concern
Meta reportedly in talks to potentially invest more than $10bn in start-up Scale AI as artificial intelligence competition heats up
Circle Internet Group sees shares more than quadruple after IPO as crypto moves toward regulation and increased mainstream acceptance
AI start-up Anthropic reportedly sees annualised revenue rate reach around $3bn, tripling since December on strong business demand
Microsoft-backed start-up Builder.ai went into administration after a probe found potentially fraudulent sales to suspicious resellers
Nvidia-backed AI start-up Perplexity reportedly in advanced talks for $500m funding round valuing it at $14bn as it challenges Google
OpenAI, Microsoft reportedly reworking agreements worth more than $13bn as OpenAI seeks future IPO and Microsoft seeks ongoing tech access
AI data centre provider CoreWeave reportedly seeks around $1.5bn as it looks to refinance its debt burden, after underwhelming IPO
DOJ plan to monitor Google's AI investments would stymie deals with smaller firms, says AI start-up and Google partner Anthropic
OpenAI says GPT-4.1 model family can understand prompts with up to 1 million tokens, features improved coding over GPT-4o
Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors buys Arizona factory, former headquarters of bankrupt Nikola, offers jobs to 300 staff
Former Cruise chief executive Kyle Vogt reportedly raises $150m for The Bot Company at $2bn valuation, as investors rush to back AI start-ups
Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek uses team of 'data omniscients' to curate training data as general knowledge, emotional nuance become key
South Korean data authority suspends Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek from Apple, Google app stores while it addresses privacy issues
European start-up executives say DeepSeek could make AI more accessible with services at fraction of cost of OpenAI
Cloud security firm Wiz finds sensitive data from AI start-up DeepSeek exposed online, after chatbot emerges into spotlight
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman promises 'much better' AI models, fast-track release schedule after DeepSeek rattles markets
Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek goes into quiet mode for week-long Lunar New Year holiday after shock popularity roils world tech stocks
AI chatbot from Chinese start-up DeepSeek jumps to top of iOS free downloads in US, shaving billions off tech stocks around world
Israeli start-up Run:ai to open source GPU management software as Nvidia completes $700m buyout, following antitrust scrutiny
OpenAI to create public benefit corporation in Delaware in effort to put it on even footing with competitors, attract investors
Start-up Basis raises $34m in Series A funding round for AI-powered accountancy agent to make up for shortfall in human CPAs
Former co-developer of voice mode for OpenAI's ChatGPT launches WaveForms AI to make AI voice interactions feel more intuitive
ChatGPT developer OpenAI reportedly discussing removal of provision that blocks Microsoft from accessing super-intelligent AI
Lender KfW is to be reimbursed by the German government more than €600 million ($629 million) of Northvolt debt
Amazon to invest a further $4bn into AI start-up Anthropic, doubling its investment as it vies against stiff competition