The Trump Administration has released its 25-page "America's AI Action Plan," and everyone should read it. This document presents a significant policy shift. Continue Reading →
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From August 15 to 17, Beijing will host the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Sports Games at its iconic Olympic venues, the Bird’s Nest and the Ice Ribbon. Robots will sprint, tumble, and kick their way through 11 human-inspired events, including track and field, gymnastics, and football. On the surface, it reads like a high-production state-sponsored tech propaganda – which it almost certainly is. Still, I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt. Continue Reading →
China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) isn’t Congress in the American sense; it’s a highly scripted, once-a-year policy showcase where nearly 3,000 delegates rubber-stamp decisions already made by Communist Party leadership. It meets every March in Beijing, and while it rarely makes headlines, this year was different—AI stole the show. Continue Reading →
Why the history lesson? Because everyone should have known this was coming. To be very clear, it's going to keep happening. We are living on the exponential. The cost ratio of OpenAI to DeepSeek is a pretty clear example of what an exponential shift in cost looks like. Continue Reading →
DeepSeek-R1, an open-source AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek, has shaken up the industry by delivering performance comparable to leading models like OpenAI’s reasoning engine o1, its LLM GPT-4, and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet while operating at a fraction of the cost. This breakthrough has sparked a debate: is DeepSeek-R1 a preview of a future driven by algorithmic efficiency or an outlier that reinforces the dominance of brute force foundational models? Continue Reading →
Shelly Palmer joins CNN International’s Connect the World with Eleni Giokos to discuss DeepSeek, a Chinese startup that has revolutionized the AI landscape with its cost-efficient and lightweight model, DeepSeek V3, and reasoning engine R1. Continue Reading →
On January 17, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law requiring ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company, to divest its U.S. operations. The clock was ticking—until President Trump stepped in with a last-minute executive order, extending the deadline by 75 days. Continue Reading →
Professor Shelly Palmer, a tech expert and the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, discusses the latest developments surrounding TikTok. With TikTok at the center of political and technological debates, Shelly shares his perspective on whether U.S.-based tech giants, like Elon Musk, might make a move to acquire TikTok and what that could mean for the platform's future. Continue Reading →
Shelly Palmer dives deep into the controversial bill demanding TikTok's sale to a U.S. buyer within six months on CNN International's One World. Original Airdate: March 13, 2024 Continue Reading →
U.S. lawmakers voted 50-0 to force the sale of TikTok, alleging that the app's links with the Chinese Communist Party pose significant threats to national security. The House Commerce Committee approved a bill that would require ByteDance (TikTok's owner) to sell the company within 180 days or risk losing access to the U.S. market. Continue Reading →