The Download: DeepSeek for fortune telling, and the second private moon landing
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Summary
A new piece of AI software called DeepSeek has emerged as a homegrown challenger to US company OpenAI.
It has been widely adopted across China and is being used to explore spiritualism and find meaning in the advanced AI-generated fortunes.
With young people using the software to provide comfort in a time of perceived anxiety and pessimism, it is also being used to provide a sense of control over people’s lives.
Private company Firefly has become the second ever private company to land on the moon.
US president Donald Trump is set to create America’s first strategic crypto reserve which some crypto champions believe will lend the sector legitimacy.
Nokia has announced it is putting the first cellular network on the moon.