STORY: From what the Nvidia boss thinks of Chinese bots, to why Elon Musk wants someone to give him $12 billion, this is AI Weekly.
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Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has hailed the quality of China’s AI models:
“China is moving incredibly fast because the model layer with DeepSeek and Alibaba Qwen and Moonshot Kimi Kimi, right. All excellent technologies. And in fact, DeepSeek is the world’s first open source reasoning model. And it was a breakthrough, no question. A breakthrough.”
Huang spoke in China, after saying his firm would again start selling its hot H20 AI chips in the country as U.S. curbs are eased.
Elon Musk’s xAI is working to secure up to $12 billion to fund its expansion plans.
That’s according to the Wall Street Journal.
It says the money would be used to buy a massive stock of Nvidia chips that will power Musk’s chatbot Grok.
Medical technology researchers have created AI tech that can model patients’ bone structures using just two to four X-rays.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology assistant professor Li Xiaomeng says the technique lowers costs and is safer too.
Compared to a standard CT scan, he says it reduces the radiation dose by up to 99%.
Students in Nigeria held a “Battle of the Bots” to help spur innovation in AI.
Contenders included a robot that can detect mines and a system that spots stolen cars at toll booths.
It comes as Nigeria tries to foster its AI capabilities, with steps including training 6,000 teachers to conduct classes on the tech.
And Delta Air Lines is under scrutiny over possible moves to let AI decide ticket prices.
Democratic senators have raised concerns, saying the tech could set individual prices calculated to be the maximum each buyer will tolerate.
Delta says it is testing AI pricing, but denied having any plans for individualized fares.