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Was this the week DeepSeek started the slow unwinding of the AI bet?
The cheap Chinese chatbot has stunned tech giants – and opened up the possibility that other countries, not just China, could now afford to enter the AI race

Robert Booth and Dan Milmo

01, Feb, 2025 @4:51 PM

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DeepSeek blocked from some app stores in Italy amid questions on data use
Italian and Irish regulators want answers on how data harvested by chatbot could be used by Chinese government

Robert Booth, Jakub Krupa and Angela Giuffrida in Rome

29, Jan, 2025 @6:20 PM

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Threat of cyber-attacks on Whitehall ‘is severe and advancing quickly’, NAO says
Audit watchdog finds 58 critical IT systems assessed in 2024 had ‘significant gaps in cyber-resilience’

Robert Booth UK technology editor

29, Jan, 2025 @12:01 AM

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Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek censors itself in realtime, users report
Depending on version downloaded, app approaches its answers with preamble of reasoning which it then erases

Robert Booth and Dan Milmo

28, Jan, 2025 @7:31 PM

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Experts urge caution over use of Chinese AI DeepSeek
UK officials say they are monitoring any national security threat to data from the new AI

Robert Booth and Dan Milmo

28, Jan, 2025 @6:17 PM

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‘Sputnik moment’: $1tn wiped off US stocks after Chinese firm unveils AI chatbot
Trump calls emergence of DeepSeek a ‘wake-up call’ amid doubts about sustainability of western artificial intelligence boom

Dan Milmo, Amy Hawkins, Robert Booth and Julia Kollewe

28, Jan, 2025 @4:56 AM

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Meta’s content moderation changes ‘hugely concerning’, says Molly Rose Foundation
Charity set up after 14-year-old’s death concerned as Zuckerberg realigns company with Trump administration

Robert Booth UK technology editor

28, Jan, 2025 @12:01 AM

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What is DeepSeek and why did US tech stocks fall?
Why doubts have been raised about sustainability of US artificial intelligence boom

Robert Booth UK technology editor

27, Jan, 2025 @8:04 PM

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‘Serious concerns’ about DWP’s use of AI to read correspondence from benefit claimants
White mail system handles ‘highly sensitive personal data’ and people not told it is processing their information

Robert Booth UK technology editor

27, Jan, 2025 @5:00 AM

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AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’
Exclusive: Pilots for staff training, jobcentres and speeding up disability benefit payments not being taken up

Robert Booth UK technology editor

27, Jan, 2025 @5:00 AM

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Gov.uk app could lead to ‘mandatory ID scheme’, claim privacy groups
App and wallet would allow people to carry digital versions of key documents such as driving licence on their phones

Robert Booth UK technology correspondent

26, Jan, 2025 @4:00 PM

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UK minister calls TikTok desirable product but admits ‘genuine concerns’
Technology secretary Peter Kyle expresses fear of app being ‘propaganda vehicle’ but says it can deliver ‘exhilaration’ to users

Robert Booth UK technology editor

23, Jan, 2025 @5:00 AM

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