Companies and government agencies around the world are moving to restrict their employees’ access to the tools recently released by the Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, according to the cybersecurity firms hired to help protect their systems.

The proposal to enhance transparency and guardrails for new technologies within broker-dealers is likely to be scrapped. However, compliance costs for major brokers are expected to rise, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analysis.

Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating whether DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, illegally copying proprietary American technology, sources told Bloomberg

Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Mandeep Singh discusses Deepseek, a Chinese AI startup, that has demonstrated breakthrough AI models offering comparable performance to the world's best chatbots at a fraction of the cost.

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella had some kind words for DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that roiled his company’s shares earlier this week.

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg defended the company’s ambitious spending plans, predicting a “really big year” in which its artificial intelligence assistant will become the most widely used in the industry.

White House artificial intelligence czar David Sacks said there’s “substantial evidence” that Chinese upstart DeepSeek leaned on the output of OpenAI’s models to help develop its own technology.

SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to lead a $500 million funding round for Skild AI, a startup building robotics software, according to people familiar with the matter. The startup would be valued at $4 billion,

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Companies and government agencies around the world are moving to restrict their employees’ access to the tools recently released by the Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, according to the cybersecurity firms hired to help protect their systems.

Shares of Sonova Holding AG, a Swiss hearing-aid maker, have far outpaced peers since the first half of last year, fueled by buzz around a new device that applies real-time AI to help users distinguish speech within background noise — and is sold at a premium to other products.