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US stocks, Nvidia shares steady after Chinese AI shock

US stocks and shares in chip-making giant Nvidia on Tuesday clawed back some of their losses following a sell-off triggered by the sudden success of Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek.US tech shares tanked Monday, with Nvidia tumbling 17 percent, after China’s DeepSeek unveiled its R1 chatbot, which can apparently match the capacity of top US …

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AI fears weigh on tech stocks, as tariff talk boosts dollar

Japanese tech firms sank Tuesday following a rout on Wall Street after China’s DeepSeek chatbot upended the artificial intelligence sector and sparked questions about huge investments by US titans.The dollar rallied on a report saying Washington was considering universal tariffs on a range of goods, fanning fresh fears about a trade war. Other Asian equity indices …

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DeepSeek breakthrough raises AI energy questions

Having shattered assumptions in the tech sector and beyond about the cost of artificial intelligence, Chinese startup DeepSeek’s new chatbot is now roiling another industry: energy companies.The firm says it developed its open-source R1 model using around 2,000 Nvidia chips, just a fraction of the computing power generally thought necessary to train similar programmes.That has …

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Trump warns of ‘wake-up call’ as low-cost Chinese AI jolts sector

Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a “wake-up call” for Silicon Valley.Last week’s release of the latest DeepSeek model initially received limited attention, overshadowed by the inauguration of Trump on …

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Japanese tech stocks hit by AI fears, dollar boosted by tariff talk

Japanese tech firms sank Tuesday following a rout on Wall Street after China’s DeepSeek chatbot upended the artificial intelligence sector and sparked questions about huge investments by US titans.The dollar rallied on a report saying Washington was considering universal tariffs on a range of goods, fanning fresh fears about a trade war.Tokyo-listed companies linked to …

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Trump warns of ‘wake-up call’ as low-cost Chinese AI jolts Silicon Valley

Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a “wake-up call” for Silicon Valley.Last week’s release of the latest DeepSeek model initially received limited attention, overshadowed by the inauguration of Trump on …

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Silicon Valley rattled by low-cost Chinese AI

Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, triggering predictions of turmoil for Silicon Valley and accusations of cheating.Last week’s release of the latest DeepSeek model initially received limited attention, overshadowed by the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on …

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Nvidia loses nearly $600 bn in value as Chinese AI firm jolts tech shares

US chip-maker Nvidia led a rout in tech stocks Monday after the emergence of a low-cost Chinese generative AI model that could threaten American dominance in the fast-growing industry.The chatbot developed by DeepSeek, a startup based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, has apparently shown the ability to match the capacity of US AI …

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