After only a little more than a year of running Intel’s Data Center and AI group – which is probably about as much fun right now as falling down the

Finnish telecoms company Nokia on Monday said Pekka Lundmark would step down as CEO, and that it has appointed Justin Hotard to take over his role. Hotard, who will take up the position on April 1, is currently the executive vice president and general manager of Data Center & AI Group at Intel,

The company appointed Hotard as it moves to diversify and search for new growth areas outside of its traditional telecom operator market.

Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor and China's leading telecoms providers are integrating the AI model released by DeepSeek into their offerings, the latest Chinese companies look