Companies and government agencies around the world are moving to restrict their employees’ access to the tools recently released by the Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, according to the cybersecurity firms hired to help protect their systems.
The proposal to enhance transparency and guardrails for new technologies within broker-dealers is likely to be scrapped. However, compliance costs for major brokers are expected to rise, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysis.
Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, illegally copying proprietary American technology, sources told Bloomberg
White House artificial intelligence czar David Sacks said there’s “substantial evidence” that Chinese upstart DeepSeek leaned on the output of OpenAI’s models to help develop its own technology.
Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Mandeep Singh discusses Deepseek, a Chinese AI startup, that has demonstrated breakthrough AI models offering comparable performance to the world's best chatbots at a fraction of the cost.
Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg defended the company’s ambitious spending plans, predicting a “really big year” in which its artificial intelligence assistant will become the most widely used in the industry.
SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter. The startup would be valued at $4 billion,
Shares of Sonova Holding AG, a Swiss hearing-aid maker, have far outpaced peers since the first half of last year, fueled by buzz around a new device that applies real-time AI to help users distinguish speech within background noise — and is sold at a premium to other products.
This story incorporates reporting from The Financial Times, New York Post, The Australian Financial Review, Business Insider, Business Insider and Bloomberg L.P..SoftBank, the Japanese multinational conglomerate,
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025. Here's what it could mean for American AI policy.