Saritha Rai
@saritharai.bsky.social
Asia AI Reporter for Bloomberg @business @technology @BW
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Free! OpenAI is giving away a year of ChatGPT Go to lure more India users
Silicon Valley AI startups from Anthropic to Perplexity are targeting country of 1.4B for its English-speaking users, engineering talent & resulting trove of human-generated data
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Silicon Valley AI startups from Anthropic to Perplexity are targeting country of 1.4B for its English-speaking users, engineering talent & resulting trove of human-generated data
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October 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Free! OpenAI is giving away a year of ChatGPT Go to lure more India users
Silicon Valley AI startups from Anthropic to Perplexity are targeting country of 1.4B for its English-speaking users, engineering talent & resulting trove of human-generated data
tinyurl.com/2psuwmza
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Silicon Valley AI startups from Anthropic to Perplexity are targeting country of 1.4B for its English-speaking users, engineering talent & resulting trove of human-generated data
tinyurl.com/2psuwmza
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A deep dive into DeepSeek's surge in Africa!
Chinese AI model builders are making deep inroads into a continent that could become key to more users, more human-generated data and loads of soft power
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Chinese AI model builders are making deep inroads into a continent that could become key to more users, more human-generated data and loads of soft power
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October 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A deep dive into DeepSeek's surge in Africa!
Chinese AI model builders are making deep inroads into a continent that could become key to more users, more human-generated data and loads of soft power
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Chinese AI model builders are making deep inroads into a continent that could become key to more users, more human-generated data and loads of soft power
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Emirates AI influential, billionaire Sheikh Tahnoon, designed his new seaside, Japanese-style Abu Dhabi mansion with 500 ChatGPT prompts & now plays host to AI founders like Sam Altman - as heard at Gitex 2025 by my Dubai colleague and I
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October 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Emirates AI influential, billionaire Sheikh Tahnoon, designed his new seaside, Japanese-style Abu Dhabi mansion with 500 ChatGPT prompts & now plays host to AI founders like Sam Altman - as heard at Gitex 2025 by my Dubai colleague and I
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Anthropic Lands in Bangalore!
Founder-CEO Dario Amodei in India this week
The maker of Claude models sets sights on India’s tech frontier to boost talent & users; will open office, hire engineers by early 2026
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Founder-CEO Dario Amodei in India this week
The maker of Claude models sets sights on India’s tech frontier to boost talent & users; will open office, hire engineers by early 2026
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October 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Anthropic Lands in Bangalore!
Founder-CEO Dario Amodei in India this week
The maker of Claude models sets sights on India’s tech frontier to boost talent & users; will open office, hire engineers by early 2026
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Founder-CEO Dario Amodei in India this week
The maker of Claude models sets sights on India’s tech frontier to boost talent & users; will open office, hire engineers by early 2026
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DeepSeek debuts "DeepSeek Sparse Attention" next-gen architecture in experimental version of model DeepSeek-V3.1-Exp
(Native Sparse Attention paper by DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng & others won the ACL 2025 Best Paper award)
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(Native Sparse Attention paper by DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng & others won the ACL 2025 Best Paper award)
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September 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
DeepSeek debuts "DeepSeek Sparse Attention" next-gen architecture in experimental version of model DeepSeek-V3.1-Exp
(Native Sparse Attention paper by DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng & others won the ACL 2025 Best Paper award)
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(Native Sparse Attention paper by DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng & others won the ACL 2025 Best Paper award)
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A staggering $800 billion global shortfall in AI infrastructure spend is foreseen by 2030, according to a new report by Bain, and that could hamper AI's progress
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September 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A staggering $800 billion global shortfall in AI infrastructure spend is foreseen by 2030, according to a new report by Bain, and that could hamper AI's progress
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A rash of Chinese startups is challenging Musk's Neuralink in new, cutting-edge field in US-China AI wars: brain computer interfaces. Backed by Beijing, they've unleashed a wave of clinical trials this year @bloomberg.com
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September 19, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A rash of Chinese startups is challenging Musk's Neuralink in new, cutting-edge field in US-China AI wars: brain computer interfaces. Backed by Beijing, they've unleashed a wave of clinical trials this year @bloomberg.com
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Anthropic, creator of Claude models, blocks its AI services to Chinese-owned entities abroad, citing competitive risks and threat to US national security. It's the latest sign of an intensifying US-China AI race
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September 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Anthropic, creator of Claude models, blocks its AI services to Chinese-owned entities abroad, citing competitive risks and threat to US national security. It's the latest sign of an intensifying US-China AI race
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New!
DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI in a newer frontier of the technology - via @bloomberg.com
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DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI in a newer frontier of the technology - via @bloomberg.com
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September 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
New!
DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI in a newer frontier of the technology - via @bloomberg.com
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DeepSeek is developing an artificial intelligence model with more advanced AI agent features to compete with US rivals like OpenAI in a newer frontier of the technology - via @bloomberg.com
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My newsletter from Hangzhou!
Just 50 min by high-speed train from glitzy Shanghai is a city of 13M, home to DeepSeek, Unitree, Alibaba. I was there to see the metropolis emerge a nerve center for China’s AI ambitions
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Just 50 min by high-speed train from glitzy Shanghai is a city of 13M, home to DeepSeek, Unitree, Alibaba. I was there to see the metropolis emerge a nerve center for China’s AI ambitions
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August 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
My newsletter from Hangzhou!
Just 50 min by high-speed train from glitzy Shanghai is a city of 13M, home to DeepSeek, Unitree, Alibaba. I was there to see the metropolis emerge a nerve center for China’s AI ambitions
(Gift link -- free to read until Sept 05)
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Just 50 min by high-speed train from glitzy Shanghai is a city of 13M, home to DeepSeek, Unitree, Alibaba. I was there to see the metropolis emerge a nerve center for China’s AI ambitions
(Gift link -- free to read until Sept 05)
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India's first AI unicorn Fractal files for $560 million IPO, could get valued at over $3.5 billion
Fractal builds AI products and services for global customers including Citigroup, Nestle, Philips @bloomberg.com
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Fractal builds AI products and services for global customers including Citigroup, Nestle, Philips @bloomberg.com
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August 13, 2025 at 5:27 AM
India's first AI unicorn Fractal files for $560 million IPO, could get valued at over $3.5 billion
Fractal builds AI products and services for global customers including Citigroup, Nestle, Philips @bloomberg.com
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Fractal builds AI products and services for global customers including Citigroup, Nestle, Philips @bloomberg.com
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Who's winning the AI war - US or China?
Here's how the technology, the state, the strategy and the money stack up as the two economic superpowers vie for AI domination via @bloomberg.com
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Here's how the technology, the state, the strategy and the money stack up as the two economic superpowers vie for AI domination via @bloomberg.com
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August 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Who's winning the AI war - US or China?
Here's how the technology, the state, the strategy and the money stack up as the two economic superpowers vie for AI domination via @bloomberg.com
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Here's how the technology, the state, the strategy and the money stack up as the two economic superpowers vie for AI domination via @bloomberg.com
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China Vies to Unseat US in Fight for $4.8 Trillion AI Market
China is proposing a World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), convening countries to set new rules for the AI age
My story from Shanghai with our China team
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China is proposing a World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), convening countries to set new rules for the AI age
My story from Shanghai with our China team
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July 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
China Vies to Unseat US in Fight for $4.8 Trillion AI Market
China is proposing a World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), convening countries to set new rules for the AI age
My story from Shanghai with our China team
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China is proposing a World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO), convening countries to set new rules for the AI age
My story from Shanghai with our China team
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In Shanghai, the march of China's humanoid robots.
Hundreds of rock guitar strumming, mahjong playing, popcorn & soda dispensing humanoids ruled at China's largest AI show, WAIC 2025 Shanghai.
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Hundreds of rock guitar strumming, mahjong playing, popcorn & soda dispensing humanoids ruled at China's largest AI show, WAIC 2025 Shanghai.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In Shanghai, the march of China's humanoid robots.
Hundreds of rock guitar strumming, mahjong playing, popcorn & soda dispensing humanoids ruled at China's largest AI show, WAIC 2025 Shanghai.
tinyurl.com/4j2uuaej
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Hundreds of rock guitar strumming, mahjong playing, popcorn & soda dispensing humanoids ruled at China's largest AI show, WAIC 2025 Shanghai.
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China robot maker Unitree unveils AI-powered humanoid at starting price of ~$6,000, breaking the price barrier. The R1 has 26 joints, weighs 25 kg, & has multi-modal voice + image recognition AI capabilities
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July 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
China robot maker Unitree unveils AI-powered humanoid at starting price of ~$6,000, breaking the price barrier. The R1 has 26 joints, weighs 25 kg, & has multi-modal voice + image recognition AI capabilities
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I'm reporting from neon-lit Shanghai:
China's most influential AI event WAIC 2025 takes off in this mega city, months after country's "DeepSeek moment", with Premier Li Qiang, AI giants, upstarts, Beijing officials.
Event comes at critical juncture of US-China AI rivalry
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China's most influential AI event WAIC 2025 takes off in this mega city, months after country's "DeepSeek moment", with Premier Li Qiang, AI giants, upstarts, Beijing officials.
Event comes at critical juncture of US-China AI rivalry
tinyurl.com/2waxyanr
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July 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I'm reporting from neon-lit Shanghai:
China's most influential AI event WAIC 2025 takes off in this mega city, months after country's "DeepSeek moment", with Premier Li Qiang, AI giants, upstarts, Beijing officials.
Event comes at critical juncture of US-China AI rivalry
tinyurl.com/2waxyanr
#AI
China's most influential AI event WAIC 2025 takes off in this mega city, months after country's "DeepSeek moment", with Premier Li Qiang, AI giants, upstarts, Beijing officials.
Event comes at critical juncture of US-China AI rivalry
tinyurl.com/2waxyanr
#AI
📢 Please share widely!
I’ll be in Shanghai & Beijing next week thru Aug 7, diving deep into the AI scene.
In Shanghai, mainly at World AI Conference, then Beijing.
Wd love to connect with AI people. If you know someone doing exciting AI work - or if that’s you - let’s talk!
SRai33@bloomberg.net
I’ll be in Shanghai & Beijing next week thru Aug 7, diving deep into the AI scene.
In Shanghai, mainly at World AI Conference, then Beijing.
Wd love to connect with AI people. If you know someone doing exciting AI work - or if that’s you - let’s talk!
SRai33@bloomberg.net
July 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📢 Please share widely!
I’ll be in Shanghai & Beijing next week thru Aug 7, diving deep into the AI scene.
In Shanghai, mainly at World AI Conference, then Beijing.
Wd love to connect with AI people. If you know someone doing exciting AI work - or if that’s you - let’s talk!
SRai33@bloomberg.net
I’ll be in Shanghai & Beijing next week thru Aug 7, diving deep into the AI scene.
In Shanghai, mainly at World AI Conference, then Beijing.
Wd love to connect with AI people. If you know someone doing exciting AI work - or if that’s you - let’s talk!
SRai33@bloomberg.net
Manus, the AI agent startup, is shifting from China: laying off employees and shrinking operations in Beijing & Wuhan, while ramping up hiring in Singapore and elsewhere
My story with China colleagues (free to read until Jul 17)
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My story with China colleagues (free to read until Jul 17)
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July 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Manus, the AI agent startup, is shifting from China: laying off employees and shrinking operations in Beijing & Wuhan, while ramping up hiring in Singapore and elsewhere
My story with China colleagues (free to read until Jul 17)
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My story with China colleagues (free to read until Jul 17)
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An influential AI voice questions Zuckerberg's Superintelligence group hiring-spending spree
Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member -
Q: Can this turn around Meta’s fortunes, turn it into a real AI juggernaut?
A: It’ll be difficult, lot of organizational politics at play
tinyurl.com/4wenvj55
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Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member -
Q: Can this turn around Meta’s fortunes, turn it into a real AI juggernaut?
A: It’ll be difficult, lot of organizational politics at play
tinyurl.com/4wenvj55
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July 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
An influential AI voice questions Zuckerberg's Superintelligence group hiring-spending spree
Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member -
Q: Can this turn around Meta’s fortunes, turn it into a real AI juggernaut?
A: It’ll be difficult, lot of organizational politics at play
tinyurl.com/4wenvj55
#AI
Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member -
Q: Can this turn around Meta’s fortunes, turn it into a real AI juggernaut?
A: It’ll be difficult, lot of organizational politics at play
tinyurl.com/4wenvj55
#AI
Fist-pumping humanoid robots tottered along in a robot soccer game, sometimes colliding, sometimes falling on each other.
Yet, the weekend game at a Beijing industrial zone was a breakthrough for humanoid robots and the artificial intelligence powering them
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Yet, the weekend game at a Beijing industrial zone was a breakthrough for humanoid robots and the artificial intelligence powering them
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June 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Fist-pumping humanoid robots tottered along in a robot soccer game, sometimes colliding, sometimes falling on each other.
Yet, the weekend game at a Beijing industrial zone was a breakthrough for humanoid robots and the artificial intelligence powering them
@bloomberg.com
tinyurl.com/2tatu5mb
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Yet, the weekend game at a Beijing industrial zone was a breakthrough for humanoid robots and the artificial intelligence powering them
@bloomberg.com
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Homegrown AI in unlikely places!
A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
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A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
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June 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Homegrown AI in unlikely places!
A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
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A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
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Homegrown AI in unlikely places!
A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
tinyurl.com/rkbpmr7m
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A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
tinyurl.com/rkbpmr7m
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June 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Homegrown AI in unlikely places!
A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
tinyurl.com/rkbpmr7m
#AI
A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance
tinyurl.com/rkbpmr7m
#AI
Am doing this Bloomberg Live Q&A tomorrow on China's Humanoids makers
Details in the link:
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#AI #Robotics #humanoid
Details in the link:
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#AI #Robotics #humanoid
June 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Am doing this Bloomberg Live Q&A tomorrow on China's Humanoids makers
Details in the link:
www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
via @bloomberg.com
#AI #Robotics #humanoid
Details in the link:
www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
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#AI #Robotics #humanoid
Why the rise of China's humanoid AI robots boom is worrying Elon Musk!
My article on China's robotics startups and tech giants racing to dominate the global AI robot race
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#AI #Robotics #humanoids
My article on China's robotics startups and tech giants racing to dominate the global AI robot race
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May 31, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Why the rise of China's humanoid AI robots boom is worrying Elon Musk!
My article on China's robotics startups and tech giants racing to dominate the global AI robot race
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My article on China's robotics startups and tech giants racing to dominate the global AI robot race
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My take from Singapore:
In the US-China race to dominate the world with their own AI technologies, Singapore's Sea-Lion AI model stands out in its effort to build small, custom, culturally-aligned systems that can be adapted by businesses in 11 countries in Southeast Asia
tinyurl.com/24c78fuf
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In the US-China race to dominate the world with their own AI technologies, Singapore's Sea-Lion AI model stands out in its effort to build small, custom, culturally-aligned systems that can be adapted by businesses in 11 countries in Southeast Asia
tinyurl.com/24c78fuf
#AI
May 28, 2025 at 5:06 AM
My take from Singapore:
In the US-China race to dominate the world with their own AI technologies, Singapore's Sea-Lion AI model stands out in its effort to build small, custom, culturally-aligned systems that can be adapted by businesses in 11 countries in Southeast Asia
tinyurl.com/24c78fuf
#AI
In the US-China race to dominate the world with their own AI technologies, Singapore's Sea-Lion AI model stands out in its effort to build small, custom, culturally-aligned systems that can be adapted by businesses in 11 countries in Southeast Asia
tinyurl.com/24c78fuf
#AI