Hackers are using the Gemini chatbot for coding, to identify attack points, and for creating fake information, Google said.

State-sponsored hackers from countries like Iran, China, and North Korea are increasingly using Gemini chatbot for cyberattacks, according to Google report.

People across China have taken to social media to hail the success of its homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company unveiled its newest artificial intelligence model, sending shock waves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

The sudden rise of Chinese AI app DeepSeek has leaders in Washington and Silicon Valley grappling with how to keep the U.S. ahead in the crucial technology.

A looming ban on TikTok set to take effect on Sunday presents a multibillion-dollar headache for app store operators Apple and Google.

DeepSeek released an open-source artificial intelligence model in December, saying it took only two months and less than $6 million to create it.

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.

Supported by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, DeepSeek launched its DeepSeek-R1 large language model (LLM) on Jan. 20. Unlike ChatGPT’s subscription-based and closed-source platform, priced at $200 per month, DeepSeek-R1 is entirely open-source and free, allowing users to access, compile, and operate it on native hardware without limitations.

Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work. It refused to answer questions like: “Who is Xi Jinping?”

DeepSeek researchers claim it was developed for less than $6 million, a contrast to the $100 million it takes U.S. tech startups to create AI.

Google's own cybersecurity teams found evidence of nation-state hackers using Gemini to help with some aspects of cyberattacks.