The arrival of a Chinese challenger shows Australia isn’t out of the AI arms race and could even carve out a dominant position in powering the technology, according to one of Australia’s leading AI experts.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman will spend the coming weeks jetting between Tokyo, New Delhi, Dubai and Germany as the race to dominate artificial intelligence takes on new urgency. Altman’s trip to meet investors,

The cheap, open AI model has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley. Has Australia already been left behind or does DeepSeek’s rapid rise, despite limited resources, mean something similar could emerge locally?

"I would be very careful about that. These types of issues need to be weighed up carefully," the minister for industry and science said. O'Neil, who was minister for cyber security until July 2024, said Australia's national security agencies would be examining how DeepSeek works before issuing formal guidance to Australians.

Prominent technology chiefs offer their views on the sudden rise of DeepSeek: it’s a game changer, competition is good and expect more market gyrations.

The arrival of a new AI chatbot developed by a Chinese startup has fuelled competition in the artificial intelligence sphere. The new technology has disrupted global stock markets and stimulated global and economic competition between the United States and China.

The prime minister’s rambling answer to a press club question on Australia’s engagement in the AI arms race shows how complacent political and business leaders are.

Chatbot vanishes in Italy amid claims OpenAI's model was used to train Chinese AI - DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to US giants like OpenAI, despite fears of censorship around issues sensitive

Trump's Stargate AI initiative has resulted in backlash, including from Elon Musk. But what is it and how could it affect Australian AI?

South Korea will ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, its data watchdog said Friday, joining a number of countries seeking answers.

The rising popularity of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI platform, has raised data privacy concerns. While Australia has asked users to be cautious, Italy’s Data Protection Agency has posed questions about how the chatbot uses personal data.

Putting a man on the moon was a spectacle to prove American dominance. In the same way, China’s success with AI makes a bigger statement: “Our way works better.”