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Alibaba FQ3 25 – Mo Comes To China

AI momentum finally makes it to China. Alibaba reported good results where a jump in cloud revenues allowed the company to justify large investments in AI, which has allowed the...

China Technology – The Turn?

Jack Ma may again be the turning point. Jack Ma’s potential meeting with President Xi is a sign that after 4 ½ years, the Chinese state may have had enough...

Alibaba & Apple – Incompatible with China

Apple’s privacy server may have to go Alibaba looks like it will be the launch partner for Apple Intelligence in China but the system that Apple has created remains replete...

Google vs. DeepSeek – Trading Silver Bullets

Another set of unsubstantiated claims Google has come out swinging against DeepSeek claiming that Gemini is more efficient in both training and inference, but its comments are even more nebulous...

Amazon Q4 24 – Capex, Capex & Capex.

AI is expensive or is it? Amazon reported good results but its inability to accelerate growth at AWS and its $100bn capex bill for 2025 has raised concern just at...

DeepSeek – The $6m question.

The big question is why China has allowed R1 to be exported. DeepSeek is quickly becoming infamous as Western companies, institutions and governments ban the use of the DeepSeek chatbot...

Artificial Intelligence – Desperately Seeking Independence

DeepSeek’s techniques need to be independently verified. It is not DeepSeek R1’s performance that is surprising, but how cheaply the company was able to train its model that has sent...

Artificial Intelligence – DeepSeek, The Honeymoon Spoiler

DeepSeek’s timing undermines its credibility. DeepSeek’s latest model is surprising the AI industry, but the timing of the model’s release damages its credibility as, at face value, it looks like...

Nvidia vs Huawei – No Contest

Huawei has no chance but will gain domestic share anyway When it comes to performance, Huawei’s chips have no chance of beating Nvidia in a straight fight, but with a...

USA vs. China – Carrot and Stick

I expect the new rule to stand. The USA has released new export rules that make good on the intentions released a few months ago that make life harder for...