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DeepSeek Surpasses ChatGPT in Monthly Website Visits

2025-03-31

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has overtaken OpenAI's ChatGPT in new monthly website visits, becoming the fastest-growing AI tool globally, according to AI analytics platform aitools.xyz. In February 2025, DeepSeek recorded 524.7 million new visits, surpassing ChatGPT's 500 million. While still third overall behind ChatGPT and Canva, DeepSeek's market share soared from 2.34% to 6.58% in February, indicating strong global adoption. Its chatbot garnered 792.6 million total visits and 136.5 million unique users. India contributed significantly, generating 43.36 million visits monthly. The overall AI industry saw 12.05 billion visits and 3.06 billion unique visitors in February.

(economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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India's New Tax Law: Government Can Now Access Your Digital Life

2025-03-06

A new Indian tax law grants tax authorities the power to forcibly access your social media accounts, emails, bank accounts, investment accounts, and more to investigate tax evasion. The law defines "virtual digital space" broadly, encompassing nearly all online accounts and data. This has raised serious privacy concerns, with experts arguing the law lacks sufficient oversight and procedural safeguards, potentially leading to abuse of power and conflicting with the Supreme Court's rulings on the right to privacy.

(economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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OpenAI's 'Strawberry' Project: Aiming for Deep Reasoning in AI

2025-02-03

OpenAI is secretly developing a project codenamed "Strawberry," aiming to overcome limitations in current AI models' reasoning abilities. The project seeks to enable AI to autonomously plan and conduct in-depth research on the internet, rather than simply answering queries. Internal documents reveal that the "Strawberry" model will use a specialized post-training method, combined with self-learning and planning capabilities, to reliably solve complex problems. This is considered a significant breakthrough, potentially revolutionizing AI's role in scientific discovery and software development, while also raising ethical concerns about future AI capabilities.

(economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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Brazil Halts Sam Altman's Iris Scan Project

2025-01-26

Tools for Humanity, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has been banned in Brazil from offering cryptocurrency incentives for iris scans. Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) argues this practice interferes with individuals' free will, impacting their autonomous decision-making regarding biometric data. This highlights growing global concerns about the collection and privacy of biometric data.

(economictimes.indiatimes.com)

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