News & Reviews:   DeepSeek

Since the beginning of the year, DeepSeek has been one of the hottest topics of conversation. It has had a huge impact on other AI-focused companies. One reason is that it has developed a model that operates well at a much lower cost than others. So, what should you know about it?

The South Korean Government has removed DeepSeek from the Apple App Store and Google Play in the country, essentially banning all new downloads of the AI chatbot. According to the country’s Personal Information Protection Commission, the move was due to privacy concerns.

Indonesia’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arif Havas Oegroseno, has called for young programmers in Malaysia and Indonesia to develop a Nusantara-style system similar to China’s open-source artificial intelligence (AI) platform, DeepSeek. Arif, who is currently on a working visit in Malaysia, said technology experts from both countries should explore the possibility, as DeepSeek is open source.

DeepSeek is now a hot name in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) with companies such as HUAWEI, HONOR, Microsoft and several automotive manufacturers already using the R1 model in their products and services. So, what should you know about it?

The Sarawak State Government is planning to develop its own artificial intelligence (AI) Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) that would consolidate local data to be shared globally. Inspired by the success of DeepSeek, Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg proposed for the state-developed model to be named ‘DeepSar’.

Previously, we mentioned that Taiwan banned DeepSeek for its government devices. Now, it seems that Australia is doing the same. So, what should you know about this?

Taiwan has now banned government agencies from using the artificial intelligence (AI) services of Chinese startup DeepSeek, as it is considered a security risk. So, what should you know about it?

The US Commerce Department is reportedly looking into whether Chinese firm DeepSeek used restricted AI chips from Nvidia to develop its ground-breaking open-source AI model. Furthermore, the department suspects that DeepSeek may have used smuggled AI chips that are not allowed to be shipped to China.

If you haven’t heard already, DeepSeek is quickly becoming the latest catchphrase in tech. So much so that other Gen AI brands are clamoring to say that their product or LLM model is more powerful or has better reasoning and so forth. We can’t help but feel that many are losing sight of why DeepSeek made such a splash in the first place, so here's all you need to know about DeepSeek so far.

Since the launch of the DeepSeek-V3 model on January 10 and the R1 model on January 20, the tech world, including Silicon Valley, has been stunned by DeepSeek's supposedly cheaper and more effective capabilities.  In response, local competitors in China raced to upgrade their AI models. Two days after DeepSeek-R1 was introduced, ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, updated its main AI model and claimed it outperformed OpenAI's o1 model in AIME tests.