Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA Signs MoU with Int’l Software Developer at LEAP 23

Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA Signs MoU with Int’l Software Developer at LEAP 23
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Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA Signs MoU with Int’l Software Developer at LEAP 23

Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA Signs MoU with Int’l Software Developer at LEAP 23

Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with NetApp global software company to provide high-quality and fast-growing Cloud services.

This comes as part of SDAIA’s work on empowering government institutions with digital services to achieve the objectives of the Saudi Vision 2030.

The memorandum was signed during SDAIA’s participation in the LEAP Conference, held on February 6-9.

Under the MoU, the two sides will build a comprehensive strategy for services, exchange expertise in commercial and technical service operations, and cooperate to decrease the environmental impact of Cloud services.



China’s DeepSeek Frenzy Enters the Home as TV, Vacuum Cleaner Makers Adopt Its AI Models 

The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 27, 2025. (Reuters)
The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 27, 2025. (Reuters)
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China’s DeepSeek Frenzy Enters the Home as TV, Vacuum Cleaner Makers Adopt Its AI Models 

The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 27, 2025. (Reuters)
The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 27, 2025. (Reuters)

China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper - extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their products will feature the startup's artificial intelligence models.

Hangzhou-based DeepSeek's large language models upended the AI sector this year, rivalling Western systems in performance but at a much lower cost. That's resulted in much pride and glee in China, with DeepSeek held up as proof that US efforts to contain tech advances in China will ultimately fail.

DeepSeek's founder Liang Wenfeng has been feted by Chinese authorities, and the company plans to release R2, the successor to its R1 reasoning model, soon, sources have said.

Over the past two weeks, home appliance manufacturers such as Haier, Hisense and TCL Electronics have joined automakers and tech heavyweights like Huawei and Tencent in saying they will be using DeepSeek's models.

Many of these home goods are already smart devices that respond to voice-activated commands. But DeepSeek's models will allow for far greater precision.

Liu Xingliang, a Beijing-based independent industry analyst, said that a robotic vacuum cleaner, could, for example, leverage the semantic parsing capabilities of DeepSeek-R1 to position itself and avoid obstacles with more speed and sophistication.

"The device will be able to comprehend complex instructions such as 'Gently wax the wooden floor in the master bedroom but avoid the Legos'," said Liu.