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‘Every major city is just a glorified town’: NZ roasted by AI chatbots
From housing to burnouts, Kiwi creator gets 'unhinged' results from ChatGPT and DeepSeek.

‘Swindler’: Billionaires clash as Altman rejects Musk’s OpenAI bid
Elon Musk's group is offering $97.4b for OpenAI's controlling nonprofit.

Richard Prebble: AI could save billions lost to fraud in NZ govt payments
OPINION: Coalition government needs to take a leaf out of Trump's book and move faster.

I let ChatGPT’s new ‘agent’ manage my life. It spent $54 on a dozen eggs
Eggs are a low-stakes failure. What if it's my thermostat or car in future?

Market Watch: Share markets are rattled, but here’s why one fund manager remains optimistic
Liam Dann talks tariff turmoil with Pie Funds CIO Mike Taylor.

Microsoft to launch 'responsible AI' foundation in Abu Dhabi
New alliances in AI emerge as players outside Big Tech giants make moves.

Tech Insider: Size of four rugby fields – Amazon buys more Auckland land
Amazon expands its data centre presence in West Auckland.

'Loss of control': Experts urge action on AI safety at Paris talks
The Global Risk and AI Safety Preparedness platform identifies 300 AI risk tools.

DeepSeek’s rise: How a Chinese startup went from stock trader to AI star
New York Times: DeepSeek's AI breakthrough has challenged US tech dominance.

‘Unacceptable risk’: Australia blocks AI program over security fears
Canberra's move is the toughest by any government against the Chinese chatbot.

Catfishing and AI sex chatbot scams hit one-third of dating app users
Young men conditioned to online life are sitting ducks for scammers, PI says.

OpenAI seeking US$40b in new fundraising round: report
The funding round would value the company at US$340b.

AI innovation or imitation: DeepSeek’s disruptive claim under scrutiny
DeepSeek claims its AI emulates ChatGPT at a fraction of the cost.

Watch: DeepSeek AI answers controversial questions – then retracts its responses
Plus: OpenAI alleges Chinese newcomer crimped from ChatGPT.

China’s DeepSeek earthquake is not everything it seems
Telegraph: Cracks are starting to appear in Liang Wenfeng’s miraculous AI story.

Nvidia, US stocks close higher after Chinese AI shock
Nvidia clawed back some of yesterday's losses after the DeepSeek shock.

Doomsday clock ticks closest ever to midnight
The clock symbolising how close humanity is now at 89 seconds to midnight.

Nvidia loses $1 trillion as Chinese AI start-up challenges US dominance
Chunks wre torn off some chipmakers as a Chinese AI firm jolted tech shares.

Chinese AI has sparked a US$1 trillion panic – and it doesn’t care about free speech
Telegraph: DeepSeek is sending shockwaves through Wall Street – and the West.