News24 Business | After initial frenzy, DeepSeek interest cools down in SA

After a flurry of activity in the last month, interest in DeepSeek has cooled down somewhat in South Africa. Source

News24 Business | PlayStation Network back online after 24-hour outage

Sony PlayStation's online services came back online on Saturday, the Japanese group said, after a 24-hour outage frustrated gamers around the world. Source

News24 Business | AfriForum backs Musk's Starlink as SpaceX claims BEE law blocks satellite investment

SA's communications regulator doesn't intend to allow international satellite operators to sidestep BEE rules in the communications industry through its proposed new licensing framework – much to AfriForum's dismay. Source

News24 Business | 'On the wrong side of history': Altman admits OpenAI needs a better open-source strategy

OpenAI chief Sam Altman on Friday said his high-profile artificial intelligence company is "on the wrong side of history" when it comes to being open about how its technology works. Source

News24 Business | Rivers of water, hundreds of flights: Generative AI's environmental impact in numbers

The surge in generative artificial intelligence is being met with growing fears about the technology's ecological footprint, one of the top questions up for discussion at a global summit in Paris in February. Source

News24 Business | WhatsApp says its users targeted by Israeli spyware

An official at the Meta-owned platform says it detected attempts by Paragon to hack its users’ accounts. Source

News24 Business | Musk's SpaceX says SA's BEE rules are a big barrier

SpaceX has said SA's current BEE ownership rules are "a significant barrier" to international satellite operators, such as Starlink, who want to operate in the country. It voiced support for an equity equivalence programme as an alternative. Source

News24 Business | US export controls on chips didn't hurt DeepSeek - and may even have helped, say experts

US export controls on high-tech chips may have inadvertently fuelled the success of start-up DeepSeek's AI chatbot, sparking fears in Washington there could be little it can do to stop China in the push for global dominance in AI. Source

News24 Business | Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3

Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. Source

News24 Business | How well does DeepSeek know South Africa? We put it to the test

DeepSeek, the China-based developer of a new AI chatbot, knows what 'now-now' means, thinks Pietermaritzburg-born Kevin Pietersen is Howick's greatest export, and argued that there is a 50/50 shot the GNU will survive until the next elections. Source

News24 Business | Chinese AI sensation DeepSeek hit by 'large-scale, malicious' cyberattack

Chinese AI sensation DeepSeek on Monday said it was limiting the registration of new users due to large-scale cyberattacks on its services. Source

News24 Business | South Africans rush to DeepSeek as Chinese AI tool rocks the world

SA users are clambering to use DeepSeek's artificial intelligence tool, app charts show. Source