
DeepSeek Tops AI Charts, OpenAI Unveils o3-Mini, WhatsApp Blocks Spyware, and More Tech Updates
This week in tech, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s R1 and V3 models surpassed ChatGPT in global downloads, challenging US dominance in AI. WhatsApp stopped a hacking attempt linked to Israeli spyware firm Paragon, targeting 90 people. OpenAI launched its o3-Mini reasoning model for free, optimized for math, coding, and science tasks. Apple announced Apple Intelligence will roll o