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Anthropic Lands in Bangalore!
Founder-CEO Dario Amodei in India this week

The maker of Claude models sets sights on India’s tech frontier to boost talent & users; will open office, hire engineers by early 2026

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08.10.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic Lands in Bangalore!
Founder-CEO Dario Amodei in India this week

The maker of Claude models sets sights on India’s tech frontier to boost talent & users; will open office, hire engineers by early 2026

(Gift link: free to read until Oct 15)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#AI

08.10.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DeepSeek debuts "DeepSeek Sparse Attention" next-gen architecture in experimental version of model DeepSeek-V3.1-Exp
(Native Sparse Attention paper by DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng & others won the ACL 2025 Best Paper award)

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30.09.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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DeepSeek debuts "DeepSeek Sparse Attention" next-gen architecture in experimental version of model DeepSeek-V3.1-Exp
(Native Sparse Attention paper by DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng & others won the ACL 2025 Best Paper award)

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30.09.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A staggering $800 billion global shortfall in AI infrastructure spend is foreseen by 2030, according to a new report by Bain, and that could hamper AI's progress
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23.09.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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A staggering $800 billion global shortfall in AI infrastructure spend is foreseen by 2030, according to a new report by Bain, and that could hamper AI's progress
@bloomberg.com

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23.09.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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A rash of Chinese startups is challenging Musk's Neuralink in new, cutting-edge field in US-China AI wars: brain computer interfaces. Backed by Beijing, they've unleashed a wave of clinical trials this year @bloomberg.com

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19.09.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A rash of Chinese startups is challenging Musk's Neuralink in new, cutting-edge field in US-China AI wars: brain computer interfaces. Backed by Beijing, they've unleashed a wave of clinical trials this year @bloomberg.com

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19.09.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic, creator of Claude models, blocks its AI services to Chinese-owned entities abroad, citing competitive risks and threat to US national security. It's the latest sign of an intensifying US-China AI race

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05.09.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic, creator of Claude models, blocks its AI services to Chinese-owned entities abroad, citing competitive risks and threat to US national security. It's the latest sign of an intensifying US-China AI race

(Gift link: free to read until Sept 12)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

05.09.2025 05:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New!
DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI in a newer frontier of the technology - via @bloomberg.com

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05.09.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New!
DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI in a newer frontier of the technology - via @bloomberg.com

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05.09.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My newsletter from Hangzhou!

Just 50 min by high-speed train from glitzy Shanghai is a city of 13M, home to DeepSeek, Unitree, Alibaba. I was there to see the metropolis emerge a nerve center for China’s AI ambitions

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29.08.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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My newsletter from Hangzhou!

Just 50 min by high-speed train from glitzy Shanghai is a city of 13M, home to DeepSeek, Unitree, Alibaba. I was there to see the metropolis emerge a nerve center for China’s AI ambitions

(Gift link -- free to read until Sept 05)

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

#AI

29.08.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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India's first AI unicorn Fractal files for $560 million IPO, could get valued at over $3.5 billion

Fractal builds AI products and services for global customers including Citigroup, Nestle, Philips @bloomberg.com

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13.08.2025 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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India's first AI unicorn Fractal files for $560 million IPO, could get valued at over $3.5 billion

Fractal builds AI products and services for global customers including Citigroup, Nestle, Philips @bloomberg.com

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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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13.08.2025 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zetrix Unveils an AI Chatbot for Muslims With DeepSeek Knowhow A Malaysian company has designed an AI large language model for Muslims based on open-source AI knowhow from China’s DeepSeek, one of the latest efforts to target a market of some 2 billion people.

DeepSeek's knowhow fuels AI model called NurAI for the Muslim world
To build its AI system, Zetrix relied on DeepSeek's approaches like Mixture of Experts & Multi-head Latent Attention, popularized by DeepSeek V3 model.

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12.08.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zetrix Unveils an AI Chatbot for Muslims With DeepSeek Knowhow A Malaysian company has designed an AI large language model for Muslims based on open-source AI knowhow from China’s DeepSeek, one of the latest efforts to target a market of some 2 billion people.

DeepSeek's knowhow fuels AI model called NurAI for the Muslim world
To build its AI system, Zetrix relied on DeepSeek's approaches like Mixture of Experts & Multi-head Latent Attention, popularized by DeepSeek V3 model.

Gift link: free to read till Aug 19
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#AI

12.08.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who's winning the AI war - US or China?

Here's how the technology, the state, the strategy and the money stack up as the two economic superpowers vie for AI domination via @bloomberg.com

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11.08.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Who's winning the AI war - US or China?

Here's how the technology, the state, the strategy and the money stack up as the two economic superpowers vie for AI domination via @bloomberg.com

Gift link (free to read until Aug 18)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#AI

11.08.2025 03:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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China Vies to Unseat US in Fight for $4.8 Trillion AI Market

China is proposing a World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), convening countries to set new rules for the AI age

My story from Shanghai with our China team

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31.07.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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China Vies to Unseat US in Fight for $4.8 Trillion AI Market

China is proposing a World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), convening countries to set new rules for the AI age

My story from Shanghai with our China team

Gift link (free to read until Aug 7)

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#AI

31.07.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Shanghai, the march of China's humanoid robots.

Hundreds of rock guitar strumming, mahjong playing, popcorn & soda dispensing humanoids ruled at China's largest AI show, WAIC 2025 Shanghai.

tinyurl.com/4j2uuaej

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28.07.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Shanghai, the march of China's humanoid robots.

Hundreds of rock guitar strumming, mahjong playing, popcorn & soda dispensing humanoids ruled at China's largest AI show, WAIC 2025 Shanghai.

tinyurl.com/4j2uuaej

#AI

28.07.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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China robot maker Unitree unveils AI-powered humanoid at starting price of ~$6,000, breaking the price barrier. The R1 has 26 joints, weighs 25 kg, & has multi-modal voice + image recognition AI capabilities
@bloomberg.com

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26.07.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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I'm reporting from neon-lit Shanghai:
China's most influential AI event WAIC 2025 takes off in this mega city, months after country's "DeepSeek moment", with Premier Li Qiang, AI giants, upstarts, Beijing officials.
Event comes at critical juncture of US-China AI rivalry
tinyurl.com/2waxyanr
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25.07.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm reporting from neon-lit Shanghai:
China's most influential AI event WAIC 2025 takes off in this mega city, months after country's "DeepSeek moment", with Premier Li Qiang, AI giants, upstarts, Beijing officials.
Event comes at critical juncture of US-China AI rivalry
tinyurl.com/2waxyanr
#AI

25.07.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Please share widely!
I’ll be in Shanghai & Beijing next week thru Aug 7, diving deep into the AI scene.
In Shanghai, mainly at World AI Conference, then Beijing.
Wd love to connect with AI people. If you know someone doing exciting AI work - or if that’s you - let’s talk!
SRai33@bloomberg.net

16.07.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Please share widely!
I’ll be in Shanghai & Beijing next week thru Aug 7, diving deep into the AI scene.
In Shanghai, mainly at World AI Conference, then Beijing.
Wd love to connect with AI people. If you know someone doing exciting AI work - or if that’s you - let’s talk!
SRai33@bloomberg.net

16.07.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Manus, the AI agent startup, is shifting from China: laying off employees and shrinking operations in Beijing & Wuhan, while ramping up hiring in Singapore and elsewhere

My story with China colleagues (free to read until Jul 17)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#AI

10.07.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

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