A new investment from the Japanese conglomerate would be separate from the $100 billion tied to a project announced at the White House last week.

SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in ChatGPT owner OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Japanese conglomerate continues to expand into the sector. SoftBank could invest $15 billion to $25 billion directly into Microsoft-backed OpenAI,

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The American company OpenAI has accused the Chinese startup DeepSeek of using its proprietary AI models. According to reports by the British newspaper "Financial Times" on Wednesday, these models were allegedly used to train the artificial intelligence developed by the Chinese company.