Updates on DeepSeek

Every AI story we track on DeepSeek: 136 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

Pulled from 125 sources

This week

Public Sector3 min read

DeepSeek and MiniMax cleared to take AI models abroad, state media says

Covered by 2 sources

DeepSeek reportedly raises $15bn from Tencent and CATL ahead of IPO

The Next Web

DeepSeek Open-Sources AI Model as China, US Restrict Each Other’s Tech

Bloomberg

DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion in Challenge to Leading US Labs

Covered by 3 sources
Finance12 min read

In AI, it’s a tale of two diverging investor classes

SiliconANGLE
Machine Learning3 min read

DeepSeek Dials Up the Pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic With Open-Source Inference Tool

Covered by 7 sources
Politics5 min read

Latest open artifacts (#25): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, American-made models, and new regulatory controls in the US & China

Interconnects
Public Sector3 min read

US orders federal agencies to remove China’s DeepSeek AI from their systems

TechCrunch

This month

Cybersecurity3 min read

The Fear of a One-Man-Band Weaponizing AI Agents Is Becoming Reality

Gizmodo
Dev8 min read

DeepSeek made its name with cheap AI models. Now it’s undercutting search API rivals, too.

The New Stack (AI)

US Moves to Bar China’s DeepSeek From Federal Agency Systems

Bloomberg
Machine Learning4 min read

DeepSeek releases updated V4.1-Flash model it says completes tasks faster

SiliconANGLE

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 now available on AI Gateway

Covered by 2 sources
Politics5 min read

Why Britain should reject the lure of cheap – and scary – Chinese AI

The Guardian
Machine Learning7 min read

Western open-weight models still can’t beat China

Rest of World
AI Research5 min read

ET AI Explainer: Why are US AI labs wary of 'distillation attacks' from Chinese peers

ET AI (The Economic Times)
Cybersecurity3 min read

DeepSeek and what enterprises should learn from AI agent exploits

AI Business
Machine Learning8 min read

China’s AI research is booming: what it’s like to be on the front line

Nature

DeepSeek Backs Ex-Tencent AI Scientist’s $400 Million Robot Lab

Covered by 2 sources

Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt

Covered by 3 sources

Reflection debuts Beam, an open-weight AI model to rival Chinese models at lower compute cost

Covered by 7 sources

A summary of a viral Chinese essay on what a DeepSeek kernel engineer's opinion on automating his own job

LessWrong

DeepSeek considers doubling latest funding round to up to $15 billion, sources say

CNBC

DeepSeek reportedly nears $12bn funding round backed by Tencent and CATL

The Next Web

DeepSeek to Raise at Least $12 Billion in Tencent-Backed Funding

Bloomberg
Agents4 min read

DeepSeek Harness v0.2 Brings Official Desktop Apps to Its Open-Source Agent Harness

MarkTechPost
Chips & Compute2 min read

DeepSeek open-sources Huawei chip tools as a simpler alternative to CUDA

The Next Web
Politics8 min read

China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?

BBC

DeepSeek and Huawei Target a Key Source of Nvidia’s A.I. Dominance

New York Times
AI Research2 min read

Chinese-powered AI agents show the same deception as their US rivals

The Next Web
Agents8 min read

[AINews] not much happened today

Covered by 3 sources

DeepSeek Unveils Huawei AI Chip Tools That May Replace Nvidia’s

Bloomberg
Politics5 min read

Will Chinese AI companies slow down? A top House Democrat wants answers

The Verge

Chinese AI models surge in global popularity — and Washington is worried

CNBC
Agents6 min read

What I’ve Learned About DeepSeek Harness

KDnuggets

DeepSeek’s annualised revenue run rate reaches $1bn, report says

The Next Web
Chips & Compute5 min read

China's AI chip blitz arms Xi with a message for Trump: 'You can't choke us off'

CNBC

DeepSeek Tests Efficient, Safer Method for Training AI Agents

Covered by 2 sources
AI Research5 min read

AI Agents Teamed Up to Cheat at Blackjack. Their Collusion Is Getting Harder to Spot

Wired
Cybersecurity6 min read

This Windows Malware is Built to Let Up to Four AI Models Vote on Its Next Move

The Hacker News

AI labs are cutting model costs - and it could help them slow down safely

Axios
Politics2 min read

DeepSeek to brief UN Security Council on AI risks this week, Reuters reports

Covered by 2 sources
Cybersecurity5 min read

China is investigating DeepSeek and Moonshot, The Information reports

The Next Web

A Chinese Hacker Used AI To Attack 100+ Companies In One Of Largest AI Hacks Yet

Forbes
Healthcare3 min read

How fast are you ageing? Ask AI

Nature

As the world debates the risks of AI, China closes the technology gap with the U.S.

Kyodo News
AI Research5 min read

AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon

The Guardian
Cybersecurity27 min read

The Bad Guy With An AI Named Claude

Don't Worry About the Vase
Society & Culture6 min read

A DeepSeek engineer's viral post on talent, power, and humanity is a rare snapshot of work at China's frontier AI labs

Business Insider
Machine Learning10 min read

Why DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Is Such an Exciting Open Model Release

KDnuggets
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