Technologies

Chips, China, and a Lot of Money: The Factors Driving the DeepSeek AI Turmoil Why is DeepSeek causing global technology shockwaves? Matt Sheehan: DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup that recently released a series of very impressive generative AI models. One of those models, DeepSeek R1, is a “reasoning model” that takes its time to think through an extended chain of logic before it gives an answer....

Zindi’s Celina Lee Highlights AI Skills Need for Africa at Paris Summit Celina Lee, the Co-Founder and CEO of Zindi, Africa’s largest network of data scientists, underscored the transformative potential of AI workforce development during a high-stakes panel session at the just-concluded AI Action Summit in Paris. Speaking alongside stakeholders such as Google’s Senior VP for Research, James Manyika, and Sylvian Duranton, MD and Senior Partner...