Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending

Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said the spending was needed to overcome the capacity constraints that hampered the tech giant's ability to capitalize on AI.
Meta defends $65bn AI spend after DeepSeek rise
Meta has defended its $65bn (£52bn) investment in artificial intelligence (AI) days after US tech stocks wobbled in the wake of Chinese AI app DeepSeek's sudden rise. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said to investors on Wednesday there was a lot to learn from DeepSeek,
Mark Zuckerberg reveals thoughts on DeepSeek as Meta’s AI spending under scrutiny
Chinese startup DeepSeek’s launch of its latest AI models triggered a selloff in global tech stocks this week on concerns about rising AI costs in the US.
Microsoft, Meta Talk Up Their Big AI Ambitions and Spending Plans
The tech giants vow to barrel ahead despite the jolt from China’s DeepSeek.
Microsoft, Meta back big AI spending despite DeepSeek's low costs
Microsoft has earmarked $80 billion for AI in its current fiscal year, while Meta has pledged as much as $65 billion
Microsoft, Meta CEOs back high AI investment amid spending concerns
Top executives from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) defended their significant expenditures on artificial intelligence (AI) development. The CEOs addressed the concern that currently,
How DeepSeek changed Silicon Valley’s AI landscape
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025. Here's what it could mean for American AI policy ...
Meta's chief AI scientist says market reaction to DeepSeek was 'woefully unjustified.' Here's why.
Meta's top AI scientist Yann LeCun said there is a 'major misunderstanding' about how billions in AI investment will be used.
Meta Gains After Zuckerberg Predicts ‘Really Big Year’ in AI
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg exuded confidence in his company’s artificial intelligence ...
DeepSeek Has More To Offer Beyond Efficiency: Explainable AI
DeepSeek-R1 charts a new path for AI through explaining its own reasoning process. Why does this matter and how will it benefit the world?
Meta's chief AI scientist says DeepSeek's success shows that 'open source models are surpassing proprietary ones'
Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, said DeepSeek's success with R1 said more about the value of open-source than Chinese ...
Here's what DeepSeek AI does better than OpenAI's ChatGPT
However, the consensus is that DeepSeek is superior to ChatGPT for more technical tasks. If you use AI chatbots for logical ...
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Meta is in a Panic Over The Rise Of DeepSeek AI — And They’re Not Alone
Meta and other AI competitors are facing challenges from China's DeepSeek as its new AI model outperforms competitors at ...
Is Meta a Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy Than Nvidia After DeepSeek's Stunning R1 Debut?
DeepSeek just shook up the artificial intelligence (AI) world in the biggest way since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022.