Meta, Nvidia, and other tech giants react to DeepSeek's competitive, cost-efficient models that challenge established market players.

CNBC's Kate Rooney joins 'Squawk Box' to report on the latest news from OpenAI.

One of the more revealing things to come out of the chaos was the response to DeepSeek from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that makes ChatGPT. In a thread on X, Altman called the model “impressive” and said that it was “legit invigorating” to have a competitor:

Seattle-area company Helion Energy gets $425 million from investors including Sam Altman and Softbank to pursue clean energy's "Holy Grail."

Helion’s nuclear fusion promises have garnered the attention of Silicon Valley—and raised concerns amongst scientists wary of its aggressive timeline.

Altman and Musk were OpenAI’s founding co-chairs in 2015, but their relationship has devolved into name-calling and lawsuits.

Anupam Mittal’s comments come as DeepSeek, developed by a Chinese startup, has stunned the global AI community, matching the performance of some of OpenAI’s top models and surpassing ChatGPT on the iO

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has announced a shift in his previously critical perspective on President Donald Trump. Newsweek has contacted OpenAI and the White House for comment via email.

Anupam Mittal, founder of Shaadi.com, responded to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s 2023 dismissive remarks about India’s AI potential, referencing the success of China’s DeepSeek AI model as proof that challengers can emerge.

Data center technology spending skyrocketed 34 percent in 2024, according to Synergy Research Group. It is soaring past a half a trillion dollars in the first month of 2025 as banks and technology vendors vie to build out massive AI compute.

Microsoft-backed OpenAI's chief Sam Altman is planning to visit India next week, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, in what could be his first visit in two years at a time when the company faces legal challenges in the country.