What is DeepSeek and why is it disrupting the AI sector?

Chinese startup DeepSeek’s launch of its latest AI models, which it says
are on a par or better than industry-leading models in the United States at
a fraction of the cost, is threatening to upset the technology world order.

The company has attracted attention in global AI circles after writing in a
paper last month that the training of DeepSeek-V3 required less than $6
million worth of computing power from Nvidia H800 chips.

DeepSeek’s AI Assistant, powered by DeepSeek-V3, has overtaken rival
ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple’s App
Store in the United States.

Read more :
www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/what-is-deepseek-why-is-it-disrupting-ai-sector-2025-01-27/

This seems like a good opportunity for African countries to develop and
implement low-cost AI solutions.