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The stock market ended on a high note Wednesday, with the shortened trading session setting up a potential Santa Claus rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the benchmark S&P 500 ended at record closing highs. 

Leaders

• Matthew PrinceCo-founder and CEO, CloudflarebyBilly Perrigo
• Elon MuskFounder, xAIbyHarry Booth
• Sam AltmanCEO, OpenAIbyBilly Perrigo
• Jensen HuangCEO, NvidiabyHarry Booth
• Fidji SimoCEO of Applications, OpenAIbyHarry Booth
• Mark ZuckerbergFounder and CEO, MetabyHarry Booth

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• Andy JassyPresident and CEO, AmazonbyAyesha Javed
• Allie K. MillerCEO, Open MachinebyAimee Groth
• Dario AmodeiCEO, AnthropicbyBilly Perrigo
• Strive MasiyiwaFounder and executive chairman, Cassava TechnologiesbyTharin Pillay
• Cristiano AmonPresident and CEO, QualcommbyAmrita Khalid
• Liang WenfengCEO, DeepSeekbyHarry Booth

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• Alexandr Wang and Nat FriedmanSuperintelligence Lab co-leads, MetabyHarry Booth
• Ravi Kumar SCEO, CognizantbyAimee Groth
• C.C. WeiChairman and CEO, TSMCbyCharlie Campbell
• David HolzFounder, MidjourneybyTharin Pillay
• Ren ZhengfeiFounder and CEO, HuaweibyCharlie Campbell
• Steve HuffmanCo-founder and CEO, RedditbyHarry Booth

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• Masayoshi SonFounder, chairman, and CEO, SoftBankbyCharlie Campbell
• Adam EvansExecutive vice president and general manager, Salesforce AIbyGabriela Riccardi
• Rene HaasCEO, ArmbyCharlie Campbell
• Wang XingxingCEO, Unitree RoboticsbyHarry Booth
• Amnon ShashuaPresident and CEO, MobileyebyTharin Pillay

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Innovators

• Natasha LyonneCo-founder, Asteria Film Co.byAndrew R. Chow
• Refik AnadolArtistbyTharin Pillay
• Alex BlaniaCo-founder and CEO, Tools for HumanitybyBilly Perrigo
• Mike KriegerChief product officer, AnthropicbyBilly Perrigo
• Maithra RaghuCo-founder and CEO, Samaya AIbyAmrita Khalid
• Rick RubinMusic producerbyAndrew R. Chow

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• Mati StaniszewskiCo-founder and CEO, ElevenLabsbyTharin Pillay
• Peggy JohnsonCEO, Agility RoboticsbyHarry Booth
• James PengFounder and CEO, Pony.aibyCharlie Campbell
• Tareq AminCEO, HumainbyGabriela Riccardi
• Mfikeyi MakayiCEO, KoBold Metals AfricabyAmrita Khalid
• Sam RodriquesCo-founder and CEO, FutureHousebyAndrew R. Chow

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• Andy ParsonsSenior director of content authenticity, AdobebyGabriela Riccardi
• Navrina SinghFounder and CEO, Credo AIbyHarry Booth
• David HaCo-founder and CEO, Sakana AIbyHarry Booth
• Edwin ChenFounder and CEO, Surge AIbyTharin Pillay
• Priya DontiAssistant Professor, MITbyTharin Pillay
• Alan DescoinsCEO, TryolabsbyNatasha Frost

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• Kakul SrivastavaCEO, SplicebyGabriela Riccardi
• Brandon TsengCo-founder and president, Shield AIbySimon Shuster
• Denise HerzingFounder and research director, Wild Dolphin ProjectbyGabriela Riccardi
• Mitesh KhapraAssociate professor, IIT MadrasbyTharin Pillay
• Ana Helena UlbrichCo-founder and director, NoHarmbyAndrew R. Chow
• Jeff LeekVice president and chief data officer, Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterbyAnnalisa Merelli

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Shapers

• Stuart RussellCo-founder, International Association for Safe and Ethical AIbyTharin Pillay
• Fei-Fei LiCo-director, Stanford HAI and CEO, World LabsbyAndrew R. Chow
• Peter ThielPartner, Founders FundbyBilly Perrigo
• David SacksWhite House AI and crypto czarbyAndrew R. Chow
• Henna VirkkunenExecutive Vice President for Technological Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy, European CommissionbyHarry Booth
• Peter KyleU.K. Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and TechnologybyTharin Pillay

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• Chris LehaneChief global affairs officer, OpenAIbyBilly Perrigo
• Marsha BlackburnU.S. Senator, TennesseebyAndrew R. Chow
• Jeffrey KesslerUnder Secretary for Industry and Security, U.S. Commerce DepartmentbyTharin Pillay
• Joshua KushnerFounder and managing partner, Thrive CapitalbyAndrew R. Chow
• Paula IngabireMinister of ICT and Innovation, RwandabyGabriela Riccardi
• Bruce ReedHead of AI, Common Sense MediabyNatasha Frost

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• Clara ChappazMinister for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, FrancebyHarry Booth
• Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al NahyanNational security adviser, UAE; chair, G42byHarry Booth
• Chris MurphyU.S. Senator, ConnecticutbyBilly Perrigo
• Chase LochmillerCo-founder and CEO, CrusoebyBilly Perrigo
• Elliston BerryActivist against AI harmsbyAndrew R. Chow
• Doug MattyChief digital and artificial intelligence officer, U.S. Department of DefensebyTharin Pillay

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• Alex BoresAssembly member, New York StatebyAndrew R. Chow
• Bosun TijaniMinister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, NigeriabyTharin Pillay
• Duncan Crabtree-IrelandExecutive director, SAG-AFTRAbyAndrew R. Chow
• Randi WeingartenPresident, American Federation of TeachersbyGabriela Riccardi
• Ed Newton-RexFounder and CEO, Fairly TrainedbyHarry Booth
• Milagros MiceliFounder, Data Workers’ InquirybyBilly Perrigo

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• Abhishek SinghCEO, IndiaAI MissionbyTharin Pillay
• Megan GarciaActivist against chatbot harmsbyAndrew R. Chow
• Oliver IlottDirector, U.K. AI Security InstitutebyTharin Pillay

Thinkers

• Joanne JangHead of model behavior, OpenAIbyHarry Booth
• Yoshua BengioCo-president and scientific director, LawZerobyHarry Booth
• Jeffrey DeanChief scientist, GooglebyBilly Perrigo
• Daniel KokotajloAI researcherbyBilly Perrigo
• Yejin ChoiSenior Fellow, Stanford HAIbyNatasha Frost
• Jakub PachockiChief scientist, OpenAIbyTharin Pillay

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• Jared KaplanCo-founder and chief science officer, AnthropicbyBilly Perrigo
• Karen HaoAuthorbyAndrew R. Chow
• Pope Leo XIVLeader, Catholic ChurchbyAndrew R. Chow
• Cynthia BreazealDean for digital learning, MITbyTharin Pillay
• Kyle FishModel welfare lead, AnthropicbyHarry Booth
• Marius HobbhahnCo-founder and CEO, Apollo ResearchbyTharin Pillay

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• Josh WoodwardVP, Google Labs and GeminibyTharin Pillay
• Regina BarzilayProfessor, MITbyAnnalisa Merelli
• Anton KorinekProfessor, The University of VirginiabyBilly Perrigo
• Hartmut NevenFounder and lead, Google Quantum AIbyTharin Pillay
• Latanya SweeneyProfessor, Harvard UniversitybyAndrew R. Chow
• Miles CongreveChief scientific officer, Isomorphic LabsbyAnnalisa Merelli

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• Heidy KhlaafChief AI scientist, AI Now InstitutebyHarry Booth
• Benjamin RosmanFounding director, MIND InstitutebyTharin Pillay
• Paola Ricaurte QuijanoProfessor, Tecnológico de MonterreybyHarry Booth
• Ryoji IkedaArtistbyTharin Pillay
• Dávid JancsóFilm editorbyAndrew R. Chow
• Xue LanDean, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua UniversitybyHarry Booth

India unveils first made-in-country chips at major summit

India achieved a landmark moment at Semicon India 2025 as Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced 13 major semiconductor initiatives, marking the country’s transition from policy approvals to tangible chip production. The three-day conference showcased India’s ambition to become a global semiconductor powerhouse through strategic partnerships and substantial investment commitments.

The highlight of the event came when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented with the first set of Made-in-India chips from a pilot line, symbolizing the fruition of the India Semiconductor Mission launched in December 2021. Vaishnaw described this achievement as “a moment of pride,” crediting the Prime Minister’s vision for transforming India from a chip consumer to a manufacturer in just three and a half years.

The Government of India, along with the Ministry of AYUSH, has made sure that the official theme of 2025 is “Yoga for One Earth, One Health.” This theme focuses on the interconnected advantage of yoga, not only for personal physical and mental wellness but also for planetary and ecological well-being

Reflecting on appeals for sustainability, this theme addresses the potential of yoga to encourage integral health, integrating individual well-being with comprehensive stewardship of the environment.

Through the invitation by MyGov to citizens to suggest a theme and define the theme’s meaning in terms of essays and other submissions, the Government underscores the official and broad-based character of the theme. The activities worldwide, from India to Chad to Canada, are being conducted under the theme of “Yoga for One Earth, One Health,” such as ecological yoga classes, online summits, tree-planting drives, and lead classes under the Common Yoga Protocol

The artificial intelligence race just got fiercer. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has entered the fray with its latest AI model, Qwen 2.5-Max, setting the stage for an intense showdown against domestic rival DeepSeek and global heavyweights OpenAI and Meta. 

Alibaba’s surprise announcement on the first day of the Lunar New Year signals the urgency to counter DeepSeek’s meteoric rise. Over the past three weeks, DeepSeek’s AI breakthroughs have shaken Silicon Valley, causing a dip in tech stocks. The release of DeepSeek’s AI assistant on January 10, followed by its R1 model on January 20, forced competitors to scramble. 

Founded just 20 months ago in Alibaba’s home city of Hangzhou, DeepSeek has upended the industry with its low-cost, high-performance AI models. The pressure is now on established players like Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu to accelerate their AI advancements to stay in the game.

However, cracks are appearing in DeepSeek’s rapid ascent. A recent audit by NewsGuard found DeepSeek’s chatbot lagging behind its Western competitors in accuracy and reliability.

Ranked tenth out of eleven AI models tested, DeepSeek’s chatbot managed only 17% accuracy in delivering news and information. It repeated false claims 30% of the time and gave vague or unhelpful answers 53% of the time, resulting in an 83% fail rate. The report raises questions about DeepSeek’s readiness to compete with established AI leaders like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.