Manus AI – Music Maker
Monica demonstrates an advance in orchestration, not AGI. Manus AI is the latest AI story out of China but once the hype has died down,...
Alibaba QwQ – 32bn Questions
More questions than answers. Alibaba has produced a model that performs pretty well, but it is so small that China is once again challenging the...
China vs. USA – Taiwan buys Insurance
A $165bn insurance policy The more TSMC invests in the USA, the more secure Taiwan becomes because if Taiwan, for some reason, goes offline then...
Tencent – A Must Win
Tencent has to become the agent of choice on Chinese smartphones Tencent has passed a crucial milestone in ensuring the durability of the ecosystem it...
Research Publication – Reality Bytes – Clash of the Titans Vol. VIII – DeepSeek
4th March 2025: RFM and Alavan Independent update their long running coverage of the USA-China technology war with the publication of Reality Bytes – Clash...
DeepSeek – Maths Matters
DeepSeek can’t count. In a bizarre statement made on GitHub over the weekend (see here), DeepSeek has laid claim to 545% profit margins which is...
Alexa + & GPT4.5 – Mad Scramble
Competition heats up even more. Amazon has finally announced the new version of Alexa but at the same time, OpenAI has released its new model...
Nvidia FQ4 25 – On the Nose
Not too little, not too much, just right. Nvidia reported results that confirmed that the AI spending spree remains on track, but this growth is...
Artificial Intelligence– Spray and Pray
Irrational exuberance is still with us. The valuations being attributed to certain AI start-ups who have no products and talk like they don’t care about...












Apple – AI Breakdown