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