The Wall Street Journal first reported that OpenAI and Microsoft are investigating whether DeepSeek made unauthorized use of OpenAI’s data output to train DeepSeek’s competing

Oracle looks like a big winner from the new Stargate Project. The tech giant began working more closely with OpenAI last summer. Oracle is outgrowing leaders like Amazon in cloud-infrastructure revenue.

Chinese research lab DeepSeek just upended the artificial intelligence (AI) industry with its new, hyper-efficient models. DeepSeek's innovation could shrink demand for AI data center chips, which might hurt suppliers like Nvidia.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a staff report issued Friday that there are potential competitive issues in partnerships between Big Tech

While companies like DeepSeek may find success in certain market segments, they face an uphill battle against this massive capital advantage. In other words, claims that demand for Nvidia's premium chips will collapse simply don't align with market realities and the trajectory of AI development.

Microsoft reported slower-than-expected growth in its crucial Azure cloud business on Wednesday despite beating estimates for overall quarterly revenue and increasing use of its cloud services for artificial intelligence.

Apple could benefit from China's DeepSeek, which appears to deliver cheaper AI models. Its competitors have already spent big on their own efforts.

DeepSeek topped the Apple App Store chart and sparked fears the Chinese company was quickly catching up with OpenAI's ChatGPT while costing far less.

NVIDIA, the world's most valuable company until Monday, lost $600 billion of market value in a single day, the biggest in US stock history.

Nvidia shares fell as much as 6.9% in New York after Bloomberg reported the news, extending a rocky week for the chipmaker.

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