The five AI stories that moved today.
DeepSeek freezes a 1.5 billion dollar raise, Samsung and Broadcom sign a 200 billion dollar chip pact, and two governments test whether China's newest AI can hack.
DeepSeek Just Froze a $1.5B Raise
DeepSeek, the Chinese company whose free chatbot shook Silicon Valley last year, told investors it is pausing a $1.5 billion fundraise after a leaked transcript quoted its founder saying China's only real gap with the US is computing power, not talent.
Samsung and Broadcom Sign a $200B Deal
Samsung will build chips and memory for Broadcom under a partnership worth more than $200 billion through 2030, covering the smallest, fastest chips being made today and the memory that AI systems run on.
50 Tech Giants Signed. Anthropic Said No.
A letter asking Washington not to restrict freely downloadable AI doubled from 25 to 50 signatures in a single day, including Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta, while Amazon and Anthropic stayed off it entirely.
A Real AI Now Runs on an $8 Chip
A developer fit a working AI onto a chip the size of a thumbnail that costs about $8, where it writes short stories completely offline, with no internet, no account, and no cloud behind it.
Two Governments Tested if AI Could Hack
British and American safety agencies tested Kimi K3, China's newest free-to-download AI, and found it scored 32% at breaking into software against 76% for the top US systems, but its own safety rules never stopped it from trying.