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DeepSeek is an AI company and a family of large language models based in Hangzhou, China. It was founded in 2023 and funded by High-Flyer, a well - known quantitative asset management giant. DeepSeek is dedicated to developing advanced large language models and related technologies. It has released several models, including DeepSeek LLM, DeepSeek Coder, DeepSeekMath, and DeepSeek - VL. The latest version, DeepSeek - V3, which was launched in December 2024, has 67.1 billion parameters and was trained on a dataset of 14.8 trillion tokens. It uses FP8 training and open - sources the native FP8 weights. Benchmark tests show that it outperforms Llama 3.1 and Qwen 2.5 while matching GPT - 4O and Claude 3.5 Sonnet. In addition, DeepSeek - R1, which was officially released on January 20, 2025, performs on a par with OpenAI O1 in terms of mathematics, code, and natural language reasoning tasks. DeepSeek's models have a wide range of applications, such as chat and coding scenarios, multilingual automatic translation, image generation, and AI painting. With their high performance and low cost, DeepSeek's models have quickly gained popularity. For example, on February 2, 2025, the DeepSeek app climbed to the top of the download charts in 140 countries on the Apple App Store and also topped the Android Play Store in the United States

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Twitter and Alibaba Enter Global AI Race

Twitter and Alibaba are reportedly integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their businesses. Meanwhile, Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have funded their business with a $100 million personal loan. This week’s Crypto Biz also covers MetaMask's new feature for purchasing cryptocurrency and Alibaba's new chatbot assistant.

by Jessie A Ellis
Apr 16, 2023

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Twitter to Add Cryptocurrency Trading

Twitter is partnering with fintech firm eToro to offer a new feature allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies and stocks. The feature will be accessed via a "view on eToro" tab, taking users to eToro's trading platform. This is the first major deal for Twitter since Elon Musk took over as CEO.

by Zach Anderson
Apr 14, 2023

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Elon Musk Moves Forward with AI Plans for Twitter

Elon Musk’s recent purchase of nearly 10,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) indicates his commitment to an AI project at Twitter. The project is reportedly in its early stages and uses a large language model. Musk has previously expressed concerns about AI and signed an open letter to halt its development.

by Terrill Dicki
Apr 13, 2023

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Twitter disables actions on tweets with Substack links

Twitter users are unable to interact with tweets containing links to Substack pages, receiving error messages that some actions on the tweet have been disabled by Twitter. It is unclear whether this is a bug or an intended feature. The problem arose around the same time that Twitter cut off the ability for Substack users to embed tweets in their posts. This issue comes after recent mysterious changes to Twitter, and the announcement of Substack's "Notes" application, which is seen as competition to Twitter.

by Zach Anderson
Apr 09, 2023

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Twitter Disables Interactions with Substack Links

Twitter users were unable to interact with tweets containing Substack links on April 7, receiving an error message or encountering issues with registering their interactions. It is unclear whether the issue is a bug or an intended feature. The problem began around the same time as Twitter cutting off the ability for Substack users to embed tweets. This comes as Substack announced a Twitter-like posting application, potentially competing with the social media platform.

by Terrill Dicki
Apr 08, 2023

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USD Coin Chief Strategy Officer Twitter Account Hacked

Circle's USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin chief strategy officer Dante Disparte's Twitter account has been hacked, with the account reportedly promoting fake loyalty rewards to long-time users of USDC.

by Terrill Dicki
Mar 23, 2023

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AI-powered project steals $1M from consumers.

Users have reported that the AI-based decentralized application project Harvest Keeper has stolen approximately one million dollars from their accounts in what is likely to be a fraud.

by Luisa Crawford
Mar 21, 2023

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Team behind Friendsies NFT project refutes claims

NFTs Friendsies denies departing NFT after being called a "hard rug."

by Luisa Crawford
Feb 25, 2023

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What the U.S. Congress Decides on Crypto Will Ultimately Overstepping their authority

Jake Chervinsky, the Blockchain Association's chief policy officer, criticized the SEC's enforcement-based regulation and urged Congress to regulate the sector.