Deepseek gets Silicon Valley to speak

Welcome again a week under review. This week we are seeing Deepseek's greatest impulse in the United States; Elon Musk admitted that he was wrong with FSD; teenagers losing confidence in Big tech; And more! Let's do it.

Depseek went viral this week After their ai models led Wall Street analysts and technologists to question whether the United States can maintain their leadership in ai's career, and if the demand for ai chips will remain. Deepseek even states that its “reasoning” model works, as well as OPENAI's O1 model in key reference points. There are many moving parts that surround Deepseek, so we have gathered everything you need to know here.

Perplexity has been sued in a federal court for allegedly violating the registered trademark of another company. The lawyers representing a company called Perplexity resolved solutions accuse the perplexity of violating their brand rights by using the “perplexity” brand. The Texas company alleges that the perplexity of the startup of ai began to violate its registered trademark “in or around” in August 2022 to promote its search engine with ai.

Google is issuing a “voluntary output program” For Android, Chrome and Pixel employees this week, according to an internal memorandum sent by the SVP of Google Rick Ostero. The voluntary compensation program arrives less than a year after Google merged the separated equipment in a single “platform and devices” division, supervised by Osterloh.

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News

Waymo Va Hollywood: Waymo -free robotaxis goes to the Los Angeles Freeway system. The company will start trying on interstate roads 10, 110, 405 and 90 without a human security operator behind the steering wheel. Read more

facebook returns to the past: Mark Zuckerberg joked with a “return to OG facebook” as part of his key goals for 2025 in the earning call of the fourth goal trimester. While the company did not say what changes were in the store, it is clear that goal needs younger facebook users to stay for the next generation. Read more

A way does not amazon to buy electronic books: BookShop.org now has its own electronic book platform, which makes it easier for readers to avoid padding of Jeff Bezos' pockets. The new capabilities allow readers to buy electronic books and support their favorite independent library (go to my new local bookstore, <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/shop/RestoriedBookshop” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener nofollow”>Restored). Read more

Perplexity presents another offer for Tiktok: Perplexity ai presented a reviewed proposal to merge with Tiktok in an agreement that would give the United States government up to 50% owned by the new entity. The perplexity previously proposed to create a new company combining it with the Tiktok US and Equity investors. Read more

Elon Musk admits that he was wrong: After promising years that Tesla vehicles had the necessary hardware to support an autonomous car, Elon Musk admitted that many not. Musk revealed that some Tesla cars will need an update before they can withstand the driverless software without supervision that the car manufacturer is still developing. Read more

Goal ai wants to be personal: Goal is implementing improvements in goal ai, its multiplatform chatbot. The Bot can now use your instagram and facebook data to “remember” the details of the conversations, as if you love to travel or it is vegan, to better adapt future responses to you. Read more

Axing Cruise could save GM $ 1 billion a year: General Motors hopes to save up to $ 1 billion annually at the end of his Cruise Robotaxi development program, said the CEO and president Mary Barra during the company's profit call. The automobile manufacturer said in December that he would no longer finance his subsidiary without driver. Read more

Google Maps renowned the Gulf of Mexico: Google will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico and the Denali Mountain of Alaska in Google Maps to comply with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that changed the names of several US reference points. Read more

How to turn off Apple's intelligence: IOS 18.3 automatically opts users at Apple Intelligence, at least for newer devices. But not everyone wants generative characteristics of enabled by default on their devices, so here is an easy way to turn it off. Read more

Analysis

Teenagers do not trust the great technology: American teenagers have lost their faith in Big tech, according to a new Common Sense Media report. The organization survey more than 1,000 adolescents about whether companies such as Google, Apple, Meta, Tiktok and Microsoft worried about their well -being and security, made ethical decisions, protected their private data and more. In all cases, most adolescents reported low levels of confidence in these technological companies, and almost half of adolescents said they had little or no confidence that companies would make responsible decisions on how they use ai. Read more