Hackers are using the Gemini chatbot for coding, to identify attack points, and for creating fake information, Google said.

Several hackers from different countries specifically from China and Iran are leveraging US AI technologies like Google Gemini chatbot to eventually assist them with the malicious codes and then plan severely dangerous cyberattacks.

U.S. companies were spooked when the Chinese startup released models said to match or outperform leading American ones at a fraction of the cost.

People across China have taken to social media to hail the success of its homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company unveiled its newest artificial intelligence model, sending shock waves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.

The sudden rise of Chinese AI app DeepSeek has leaders in Washington and Silicon Valley grappling with how to keep the U.S. ahead in the crucial technology.

DeepSeek released an open-source artificial intelligence model in December, saying it took only two months and less than $6 million to create it.

NVIDIA, the world's most valuable company until Monday, lost $600 billion of market value in a single day, the biggest in US stock history.

Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work. It refused to answer questions like: “Who is Xi Jinping?”

Supported by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, DeepSeek launched its DeepSeek-R1 large language model (LLM) on Jan. 20. Unlike ChatGPT’s subscription-based and closed-source platform, priced at $200 per month, DeepSeek-R1 is entirely open-source and free, allowing users to access, compile, and operate it on native hardware without limitations.

DeepSeek researchers claim it was developed for less than $6 million, a contrast to the $100 million it takes U.S. tech startups to create AI.