DeepSeek valued at more than $50 bn after funding round: reports
Investors have valued Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek at more than $50 billion in the company's first fundraising round, reports said.
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Business
Machine learning & AI
Top researcher backs nations' push for sovereign AI
French AI researcher Yann LeCun said Wednesday that governments were right to seek sovereign access to the potentially transformative technology.
Jun 17, 2026
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Internet
W marks the X-spot: European social network takes on Musk
As Europe pushes for more tech sovereignty, social network W believes it has the X-factor to win users away from other platforms: It's European.
Jun 17, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
'Agrivoltaics' can both power AI data centers and increase food production: New study
Artificial intelligence (AI) use is exploding. More than 50 percent of new internet content was generated by AI in 2025, according to an industry report. We even train AI on AI-generated content now, and although this can ...
Jun 17, 2026
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Robotics
When will AI robots become part of everyday lives?
Many AI robots appear intelligent as long as they operate in controlled environments. Neuroscientist and robotics researcher Elisa Donati explains why robots with real-world readiness require more than just fast software.
Jun 17, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
AI raises profound moral questions—for all of humanity to answer
Will you be flagged at the border? Will your mortgage application be approved? During wartime, whose neighborhood would a weapon system target? These are moral choices—about harm and fairness—and they used to be made by people.
Jun 17, 2026
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Engineering
Redesigned high-NA lithography optical system aims to overcome challenges in semiconductor chipmaking
From data centers powering next-generation AI to vital medical technology, cars, and the mobile device or computer you're probably reading this on, semiconductor-based computer chips are essential to modern life.
Jun 17, 2026
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Business
UK imposes rules targeting Google search fairness
Britain's competition watchdog introduced new rules Wednesday requiring Google to be fairer and more transparent in how it ranks search results, as part of moves tackling the technology giant's dominance.
Jun 17, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead
States and cities, tired of waiting for the federal government to deal with energy and climate challenges during the first Trump administration, started writing their own laws.
Jun 17, 2026
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Business
Sovereignty fears dog AI enthusiasm at France's Vivatech
Europe's biggest tech trade fair VivaTech opened its doors Wednesday in Paris, putting American billionaire Jeff Bezos front and center on its guest list as enthusiasm for generative AI rubs shoulders with anxiety about the ...
Jun 17, 2026
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