DeepSeek has reportedly raised $15 billion, one of the largest funding rounds in China. It comes just days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove the company's technology over national security concerns.
When it published its inference engine, DeepSeek disclosed a figure no other lab shares: how much a single GPU running its AI earns per hour. Frandroid notes that an RTX 5090 rented online earns its owner about 135 times less.
Tech companies pitch AI shopping agents as personal assistants once reserved for the wealthy. The Verge finds that, in practice, using one to buy things feels more like sending a nervous teenager to the store, while some retailers remain cautious.
Web Summit's first State of the Industry report finds that 59% of tech workers say AI has added to their workload. Only 20% say it has gone down, and another 20% see little change.
French insurer Maif is speeding up the modernization of its information systems along a path it wants to keep sovereign for AI, cloud and customer relations. Mistral AI, Scaleway and Diabolocom are joining its application portfolio.
Adobe and the BWT Alpine Formula One Team have signed a global partnership that makes Adobe the team's official AI fan experience partner. Starting with the 2027 season, Adobe will supply software to create fan content and analyze engagement; no financial terms were disclosed.