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📈 DeepSeek claims top spot in App Store

🇺🇸 Perplexity submits new bid for TikTok

💥 DeepSeek challenges Nvidia's dominance

👓 Apple is developing visionOS for smart glasses

🤖 China to host world's first human vs robot race

🎁 + 6 other news you might like

🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools

📈 DeepSeek claims top spot in App Store LINK

DeepSeek's new AI model, DeepSeek R1, quickly reached the top of Apple's App Store, surpassing OpenAI's ChatGPT to become the leading app.

The app's open-source nature and competitive pricing have driven its popularity, offering free web and smartphone access while charging less for API access compared to competitors.

DeepSeek's rise could influence the U.S. stock market by reducing demand for Nvidia hardware, as it was developed more economically than U.S.-based models, impacting tech stock futures.

🇺🇸 Perplexity submits new bid for TikTok LINK

Perplexity AI has submitted a revised proposal to TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, allowing the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity merging Perplexity with TikTok's U.S. business.

The proposal suggests the government ownership would be non-voting and excludes a board seat, while ByteDance retains some ties to TikTok but must allow full U.S. board control.

This new plan, which aligns with previous ideas to reduce Chinese ownership, comes amidst interest from various investors and follows an executive order delaying TikTok's U.S. ban.

💥 DeepSeek challenges Nvidia's dominance LINK

Chinese startup DeepSeek’s advanced, low-cost AI model R1 sparked a sell-off in major tech stocks, including an over 11% drop in Nvidia and a 3% fall in the Nasdaq 100.

The breakthrough raises questions about the necessity of massive AI spending by US companies and whether the US can maintain its lead in the AI race.

Despite the market jitters, some analysts see it as a buying opportunity for US AI firms, as they argue corporate customers are likely to stick with established American providers.

👓 Apple is developing visionOS for smart glasses LINK

Apple is reportedly developing a version of its visionOS for smart glasses, aiming to expand its augmented reality product range beyond the current Vision Pro headset.

Apple's Vision Products Group is exploring the launch of smart glasses, similar to Meta's Ray-Ban collaboration, but executives believe it may take three years or more to finalize the product.

The company plans to revamp the Vision Pro by introducing a lower-end variant with less expensive components, targeting a price comparable to a high-end iPhone by late 2024.

🤖 China to host world's first human vs robot race LINK

China is set to host the first foot race between humans and humanoid robots in April, aiming to advance its artificial intelligence objectives.

The half-marathon will take place in Beijing's E-Town, a hub for over 100 robotics companies responsible for about half of the city's robotics production output.

Nearly 12,000 participants, including human runners and humanoid robots, are expected, with the event open to entries from companies, research institutions, and global universities.

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HuggingFace/open-r1: open reproduction of DeepSeek-R1: HuggingFace/open-r1: an open-source project that aims to fully replicate the DeepSeek-R1 pipeline for model training and evaluation using scripts and commands, allowing others to reproduce and expand upon the original work.

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