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.

Advantest Corp. raised its annual forecast above analyst estimates on strong demand for chip testers, a move that may allay concerns that Chinese startup DeepSeek’s rise would dampen big artificial intelligence-related spending.

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.

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,

Tesla stock rises on optimism over the electric-vehicle maker’s growth projections, Microsoft’s Azure growth misses estimates, Meta’s fourth-quarter profit handily tops forecasts, and UPS says it will be reducing volume with Amazon.

The chief operating officer of the investment giant said high-quality assets in strong markets were being priced at attractive discounts.

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek provoked the first Silicon Valley freak-out of 2025. Here's what it could mean for American AI policy.

Apple's earnings call is today at 5 pm ET. AAPL stock heads into the report down 4% YTD. Analysts are focused on services and China sales.

Cathie Wood, chief of Ark Investment Management, believes in tech stocks that will have a disruptive impact. She isn’t afraid to buy them on the way down — or up. Sometimes her strategy works: The flagship Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) has returned 9% this year as of Jan.