March 19, 2026 10:15 AM

Mystery AI model suspected to be DeepSeek V4 is revealed to be from Xiaomi

A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week was revealed on Wednesday to be from Chinese smartphone and EV giant Xiaomi, after it fueled speculation that startup DeepSeek was quietly testing its next-generation system ahead of a launch. The release of DeepSeek's low-cost models DeepSeek-V3 and R1 triggered a global tech stock selloff last year, causing investors to question whether U.S. AI firms needed to spend billions of dollars on AI c...

March 18, 2026 1:17 PM

A mystery AI model has developers buzzing: Is this DeepSeek’s latest blockbuster?

A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week has sparked speculation that Chinese startup DeepSeek may be quietly testing its next-generation system ahead of an official launch. The free model, called Hunter Alpha, surfaced on the AI gateway platform OpenRouter on March 11 without any developer attribution and was later described by the platform as a "stealth model." During tests conducted by Reuters, the Hunter Alpha chatbot described it...

February 5, 2026 9:18 PM

Bharat GenAI text models in all 22 scheduled languages to be completed this month: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that text-based artificial intelligence models under the Bharat GenAI initiative will be completed in all 22 Constitutionally recognised Indian languages within this month. Replying to a starred question during Question Hour, the Minister said speech and vision capabilities under the programme have already been developed in 15 Indian languages and will be expanded furt...