How DeepSeek is stunning the A.I. world

At the end of last year, DeepSeek was a little-known Chinese startup. 

But by the end of last month it was the most talked about company in the world, whose revolutionary approach to open-sourced generative AI had rocked global markets, wiping more than a trillion dollars off tech and energy stocks and seemingly leveling the global AI playing field. But what do the shockwaves caused by DeepSeek mean for the future of AI and indeed the future of global geopolitics?

In this episode of The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to Toby Walsh, Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales; Dr Brian Wong, geopolitical strategist and tech advisor from Hong Kong University; and Michael Michie, co-founder of Kenyan start-up EverseTech to find out. 

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