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DeepSeek’s AI avoids answering 85% of prompts on ‘sensitive topics’ related to China

AI chatbot DeepSeek has taken the world by storm, topping app store charts and sending Silicon Valley and Wall Street

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This fintech has a fix for the biggest cross-border payments issues in Francophone Africa

Until a few years ago, it used to be difficult to make payments across borders almost anywhere in the world.

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Shared scooter startup Voi reports its first profitable year as it explores an IPO

Swedish shared micromobility giant Voi had its first profitable year in 2024, according to preliminary unaudited results the company shared

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Waymo begins testing robotaxis on LA freeways

Waymo robotaxis have become a common sight on Los Angeles surface streets. Now those driverless vehicles are heading to the

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Naboo secures $21M for its concierge-style corporate event booking platform

If you’ve ever tried to book a venue for a company event, you’ll know how onerous a task it can

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Documents show UK wooed a16z for five years

U.K. documents show that the U.K.’s Department of Business and Trade spent five years convincing Andreessen Horowitz to create a

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Waymo is reportedly building a charity ‘tipping’ feature into its robotaxi app

Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company Waymo might be planning to test a feature that will allow robotaxi riders to add a

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SoftBank to invest $500M in robotics startup SkildAI

SoftBank is negotiating a $500 million investment in Skild AI, a software company building a foundational model for robotics at

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Italy sends first data watchdog request to DeepSeek: ‘The data of millions of Italians is at risk’

The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or possibly part of

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Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek’s AI ‘reasoning’ model

Barely a week after DeepSeek released its R1 “reasoning” AI model — which sent markets into a tizzy — researchers