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OpenAI says Chinese rivals using its work for their AI apps

January 29, 2025 - 1:32pm
ChatGPT maker says it will need extra protection from US government, following emergence of Chinese rival, DeepSeek.
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Thirty killed in crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela festival

January 29, 2025 - 10:30am
Pilgrims rushing to take part in ritual bathing trampled over people on the banks of the Ganges.
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Thirty killed in crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela festival

January 29, 2025 - 10:30am
Pilgrims rushing to take part in ritual bathing trampled over people on the banks of the Ganges.
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In pictures: Welcoming the Lunar New Year

January 29, 2025 - 6:39am
Fireworks, music, lanterns, and dragon dancing filled streets across Asia to celebrate the Year of the Snake.
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In pictures: Welcoming the Lunar New Year

January 29, 2025 - 6:39am
Fireworks, music, lanterns, and dragon dancing filled streets across Asia to celebrate the Year of the Snake.
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In pictures: Welcoming the Lunar New Year

January 29, 2025 - 6:39am
Fireworks, music, lanterns, and dragon dancing filled streets across Asia to celebrate the Year of the Snake.
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Australian police find explosives for possible antisemetic attack

January 29, 2025 - 6:33am
The explosives located in a caravan could have caused a 'potential mass casualty event', authorities have said.
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OpenAI says Chinese rivals using its work for their AI apps

January 29, 2025 - 5:38am
ChatGPT maker says it will need extra protection from US government, following emergence of Chinese rival, DeepSeek.
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BBC reports from scene of India's Kumbh Mela crush

January 29, 2025 - 3:38am
Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain explain how the chaos unfolded in northern India.
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BBC reports from scene of India's Kumbh Mela crush

January 29, 2025 - 3:38am
Vikas Pandey and Samira Hussain explain how the chaos unfolded in northern India.
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Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim

January 29, 2025 - 12:19am
She alleged she was almost kidnapped at a mall on the Malaysian side of the border between the countries.
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Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim

January 29, 2025 - 12:19am
She alleged she was almost kidnapped at a mall on the Malaysian side of the border between the countries.
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Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings

January 28, 2025 - 8:15pm
Tanner Fox is one of two hitmen who killed Ripudaman Singh Malik in Canada in 2022. It is still unknown who hired them.
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Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings

January 28, 2025 - 8:15pm
Tanner Fox is one of two hitmen who killed Ripudaman Singh Malik in Canada in 2022. It is still unknown who hired them.
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DeepSeek: The Chinese AI app that has the world talking

January 28, 2025 - 12:02pm
A Chinese startup has built a low-cost AI model using less technologically advanced chips.
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South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation

January 28, 2025 - 11:14am
All 176 people are evacuated from the burning plane at Busan's airport, with four injuries reported.
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South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation

January 28, 2025 - 11:14am
All 176 people are evacuated from the burning plane at Busan's airport, with four injuries reported.
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'We are stuck in a materialistic world. At the Kumbh, we renounce that'

January 28, 2025 - 10:25am
Over a million people are camping out in the cold for a month on the banks of the Ganges river.
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DeepSeek: How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley

January 28, 2025 - 7:37am
How did a little-known Chinese start-up build a powerful new AI model despite restrictions?
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DeepSeek: How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley

January 28, 2025 - 7:37am
How did a little-known Chinese start-up build a powerful new AI model despite restrictions?
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