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The all-cash takeover of privately held Wiz represents a big bet by Google on cloud security and cybersecurity in this period of explosive growth for artificial intelligence

Google makes its biggest-ever acquisition

NEW YORK — Google announced a deal Tuesday to buy rapidly growing cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion. It would be the tech giant’s biggest-ever acquisition.The all-cash takeover of privately held Wiz represents a big bet by Google on cloud security and cybersecurity in this period of explosive growth for artificial intelligence.The Wiz deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, easily surpasses Google’s previously biggest takeover: An ill-fated 2012 deal to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Google would later unload Motorola for a big loss.Wiz, which makes cybersecurity software for cloud computing, was in talks last summer to sell itself to Google for about a $23 billion, sources previously told CNN. But the two sides failed to reach a deal and Wiz said it would...

March 19, 2025

Google makes its biggest-ever acquisition

India has still not developed its own foundational language model like DeepSeek that's used to power things like chatbots

India seeks AI breakthrough — but is it falling behind?

NEW DELHI — Two years after ChatGPT took the world by storm, China's DeepSeek has sent ripples through the tech industry by collapsing the cost of developing generative artificial intelligence applications.But as the global race for AI supremacy heats up, India appears to have fallen behind, especially in creating its own foundational language model that's used to power things like chatbots.The government claims a homegrown equivalent to DeepSeek isn't far away. It is supplying startups, universities and researchers with thousands of high-end chips needed to develop it in under 10 months.A flurry of global AI leaders have also been talking up India's capabilities recently.After being initially dismissive, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this month said India should be playing a...

February 19, 2025

India seeks AI breakthrough — but is it falling behind?

Eric Schmidt held senior posts at Google and its parent company Alphabet from 2001 to 2017

Ex-Google boss fears AI could be used by terrorists

LONDON — The former chief executive of Google is worried artificial intelligence could be used by terrorists or "rogue states" to "harm innocent people."Eric Schmidt told the BBC: "The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about AI -- I talk about extreme risk."The tech billionaire, who held senior posts at Google from 2001 to 2017, told the Today program "North Korea, or Iran, or even Russia" could adopt and misuse the technology to create biological weapons.He called for government oversight on private tech companies that are developing AI models, but warned over-regulation could stifle innovation.Schmidt agreed with US export controls on powerful microchips which power the most advanced AI systems.Before he left office,...

February 13, 2025

Ex-Google boss fears AI could be used by terrorists

Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI

WASHINGTON — A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk offered $97.4bn to take over OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.The billionaire's attorney, Marc Toberoff, confirmed he submitted the bid for "all assets" of the tech company to its board on Monday.The offer is the latest twist in a longstanding battle between Musk, the world's richest man and right hand to US President Donald Trump, and Open AI chief executive Sam Altman over the future of the start-up at the center of the AI boom.In response to the bid, Altman posted on Musk's social media platform X: "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want."OpenAI is widely credited with helping bring artificial intelligence tools into the mainstream and sparking huge investment in the...

February 11, 2025

Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI

$DeepSeek's developers say the chatbot was built at a fraction of the cost of rivals such as ChatGPT$

China's DeepSeek AI shakes industry and dents America's swagger

SAN FRANCISCO — The speed at which the new Chinese AI app DeepSeek has shaken the technology industry, the markets and the bullish sense of American superiority in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of stunning.Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen may have said it best. "DeepSeek-R1 is AI's Sputnik moment," he posted to X on Sunday, referring to the satellite that kicked off the space race.DeepSeek was the most downloaded free app on Apple's US App Store over the weekend. By Monday, the new AI chatbot had triggered a massive sell-off of major tech stocks which were in freefall as fears mounted over America's leadership in the sector.Shares of AI chip designer and recent Wall Street darling Nvidia, for example, had plunged by 17% by the...

January 28, 2025

China's DeepSeek AI shakes industry and dents America's swagger

OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank form joint venture to build artificial intelligence infrastructure

US tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn

NEW YORK — OpenAI is teaming up with Oracle and Softbank to build data centers equipped to power artificial intelligence (AI), with plans to invest $100bn (£81bn) "immediately".Flanked by the bosses of the three companies at the White House, US President Donald Trump said the plan is a "resounding declaration of confidence in America's potential".OpenAI has previously called for major investments in infrastructure to support AI and pushed for government support of those plans.The ChatGPT-creator and Softbank said the joint venture, dubbed Stargate, intends to invest $500bn over the next four years."I think this will be the most important project of this era," said OpenAI's chief executive, Sam Altman."We wouldn't be able to do this without...

January 22, 2025

US tech giants announce AI plan worth up to $500bn

Close-up of Apple iPhone 16 held in a person's hand

Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts

WASHINGTON — Apple has suspended a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that drew criticism and complaints for making repeated mistakes in its summaries of news headlines.The tech giant had been facing mounting pressure to withdraw the service, which sent notifications that appeared to come from within news organizations' apps."We are working on improvements and will make them available in a future software update," an Apple spokesperson said.The BBC was among the groups to complain, after an alert generated by Apple's AI falsely told some readers that Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had shot himself.The feature had also inaccurately summarised headlines from Sky News, the New York Times and the Washington Post,...

January 17, 2025

Apple suspends error-strewn AI generated news alerts

'TikTok refugees' are streaming to Chinese app RedNote, where they have been welcomed with open arms

TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms

WASHINGTON — TikTok users in the US are migrating to a Chinese app called RedNote with the threat of a ban just days away.The move by users who call themselves "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store on Monday.RedNote is a TikTok competitor popular with young people in China, Taiwan and other Mandarin-speaking populations.It has about 300 million monthly users and looks like a combination of TikTok and Instagram. It allows users, mostly young urban women, to exchange lifestyle tips from dating to fashion.Supreme Court justices are due to rule on a law that set a 19 January deadline for TikTok to either sell its US operations or face a ban in the country.TikTok has repeatedly said that it will not sell its US business and its...

January 14, 2025

TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms

The CR450AF bullet train prototype shown on a track in Beijing

China unveils prototype for what could be the world’s fastest high-speed train

HONG KONG — China has revealed a prototype of its next-generation high-speed train, a vehicle it says is on track to be the world’s fastest.The CR450, which was unveiled in Beijing on December 29, had reached test speeds as high as 450 kilometers (281 miles) per hour and an operational speed of 400 kilometers (248.5 miles) per hour, according to China’s Ministry of Transport.Once in commercial service, it could be the fastest high-speed train in the world, surpassing China’s current CR400 model, which debuted in 2017 and operates at 350 kilometers (217 miles) per hour.The latest CR450 prototype has been hailed by its developers — CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles and CRRC Sifang Co., Ltd. — for its excellence in operational speed, energy efficiency, noise control, and braking...

January 01, 2025

China unveils prototype for what could be the world’s fastest high-speed train

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