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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...

Automotive Ecosystem – CarPlay Stagnates

CarPlay 2.0 continues to struggle. The next version of CarPlay is certainly not the apple of carmakers’ eyes as the promised launches have failed to materialise adding support to RFM’s...

Stargate & AI – Magic Money Tree pt. III

A project for which hardly anyone has the money. Stargate is an ambitious project to build up to $500bn of AI Cloud capacity but does not take into account the...

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...

Mercedes & Google – A Better Match

Right idea but execution will be everything Mercedes will be using Google’s Gemini LLM to power its in-vehicle digital assistant in the 2026 CLA in a move that is much...

Qualcomm vs. Arm – Short but Sharp pt. III

Qualcomm looks to be off the hook until 2033. As details emerge following the end of the trial in December, documents confirm that Qualcomm does have a license for V9...

Artificial Intelligence – Agent Unreliable

An unreliable agent is worse than useless. Agentic AI is all the rage but a recent product launch from OpenAI demonstrates that LLMs lack some of the essential qualities to...

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...

CES 2025 – Dark Horses of Vegas

Another edition of the traditional post-CES report highlights interesting things and trends that the tech media ignored or missed. Donut – Zero or Hero? The top spot goes to Donut...