The Stargate Initiative and AI Supremacy

<p>A small Chinese tech company called Deepseek has upended the world of AI.&nbsp; Deepseek recently released a large language model that rivals ChatGP called R1 and it shot almost immediately to #1 on the app charts.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The interesting thing about it is that the company built their model really cheap and that has called into question this narrative that you need an endless supply of chips and data centres and money to develop AI.</p><p><br></p><p>On today’s show we’re speaking to WIRED’s senior tech writer Zeyi Yang about the deepening AI cold war between the US and China and the lingering questions about where AI is headed and what it’s good for?</p><p><br></p><p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts</a></p>