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  OpenAI's Weekly Active Users Surpass 400 Million

  ChatGPT developer OpenAI's weekly active users surged past 400 million in February, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday, highlighting rapid growth in the adoption of artificial intelligence tools.

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  Qualcomm's Kedar Kondap on Bringing Low-Cost Snapdragon X CPUs to India and Snapdragon's Retail Strategy

  Qualcomm will soon unveil its budget-friendly Snapdragon X chip in India that will power new low-cost laptops, targeting the midrange segment in the country. The chipmaker's OEM partners will introduce low-cost Copilot+ laptops with on-device AI support. Qualcomm is also expanding its retail footprint, setting up its first Snapdragon Experience Zon...

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  Broadcom, TSMC Eye Possible Intel Deals to Split Storied Chipmaker: Report

  Intel's interim executive chairman, Frank Yeary, has been leading the discussions with possible suitors and Trump administration officials, who are concerned about the fate of a company seen as critical to national security, the report said. Broadcom and TSMC are not working together, and all of the talks so far are preliminary and largely informal...

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  Chatbot Vs National Security: Why China's DeepSeek Is Raising Concerns Across Nations

  DeepSeek says it uses less-advanced H800 chips -- permitted for sale to China until 2023 under US export controls -- to power its large learning model.

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  Asus Refreshes Vivobook 16, 14, 14 Flip, S14, Zenbook 14, and Zenbook Duo in India; Gaming V16 Unveiled

  Asus has refreshed the Vivobook S14, Vivobook 16, Vivobook 14, Zenbook 14, and Zenbook Duo laptops in India. Meanwhile, it also introduced the new Vivobook 14 Flip with a 360-degree hinge, and the Gaming V16 laptops. The laptops come with the latest Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors.

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  OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Manufacture Its First In-House AI Chipset

  OpenAI is reportedly planning to manufacture custom artificial intelligence (AI) chipsets this year. As per the report, the San Francisco-based AI firm has begun the design process internally and is on track to complete the design of the processor in the next few months. The company’s main reason to fabricate custom AI chipsets is said to reduce ...

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  Google Pixel 9a Display Bezels Spotted in Leaked Design Render

  Google Pixel 9a design has been revealed via a leaked render, giving us a glimpse at its display and bezels. Although Google hasn't officially announced the midrange smartphone, reports indicate that the Pixel 9a will debut in the coming weeks. It is expected to feature a Tensor G4 chip and is likely to offer support for Google's Gemini AI features...

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  Opinion | Move Over Middle Class, 'Replicants' Are Coming

  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang envisions everyone in India using AI, creating momentum for an AI flywheel. Or turning India into a token factory for future Replicants, akin to those in the Harrison Ford-starrer 'Blade Runner'.

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  Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra With Snapdragon 8 Elite Chip, 5,500mAh Battery Launched: Price, Specifications

  Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra has been launched in global markets as the latest phone from Asus. It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and boasts a 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED display. The handset looks like a repurposed ROG Phone 9 Pro with similar features like a 50-megapixel triple rear camera unit and a 32-megapixel selfie shooter. It offers a gimbal-li...

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  Snapdragon X CPUs for Affordable PCs Set to Launch in India on February 24

  Qualcomm on Wednesday announced that it will soon launch Snapdragon X CPUs in India. First unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 last month, the chipsets aim to compete with affordable offerings from other companies such as Intel and AMD. Similar to their global counterparts, the Snapdragon X CPUs are likely to offer support for arti...

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  Samsung’s Chip Division Underwhelms in Costly AI Memory Race

  Samsung's chip division reported a smaller-than-expected profit. Samsung executives said on Friday the company expanded its HBM3E supply to multiple providers of graphic processing units and datacenter customers in the fourth quarter.

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  US Commerce Department Said to Be Probing DeepSeek's Alleged Use of Restricted AI Chips

  Last week, China's Deepseek launched a free assistant to compete with established US models like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Following this launch, the US authorities have reportedly initiated an investigation into Deepseek to check if it used chipsets that have been restricted by the US from reaching China.

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  Apple Shares Rise After Positive Sales Outlook Signals iPhone Recovery

  Apple has forecast relatively strong sales growth as the firm approaches AI more cautiously than many of its peers. Despite the AI rollout stumbles, Apple's overall sales and profits were boosted by stronger-than-expected sales in its fiscal first quarter of iPads and Macs, where new chips helped persuade customers to upgrade.

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  DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Said to Be Powered by Huawei Chipsets

  DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model is being hosted on China-based Huawei’s ModelArts Studio platform. While the Chipmaker has not detailed the chipsets being used to power the AI model, a tipster claimed that it is being run using the Ascend 910C GPUs. The leak has led to speculations on whether the Chinese AI firm also trained its mo...

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  DeepSeek Hit by Cyberattack as Users Flock to Chinese AI Startup

  Chinese startup DeepSeek said on Monday it will temporarily limit registrations. The startup earlier was also hit by outages on its website after its AI assistant became the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States.