The Bunker – News without the nonsense DeepSeek – How China’s A.I. surprise stunned Silicon Valley
Feb 4, 2025
Karen Hao, an award-winning tech journalist and AI expert, dives into the surprising emergence of China's DeepSeek, an AI model that has disrupted Silicon Valley. They discuss how DeepSeek's innovative and cost-effective training methods threaten established players like OpenAI. Karen highlights the implications of making AI accessible and the need for ethical practices in this rapidly shifting landscape. The conversation also touches on resource consumption in AI development and the evolving dynamics of investment in technology.
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DeepSeek's Disruption
- DeepSeek’s free, open-source AI model, R1, shook the tech world.
- It challenged established players like OpenAI and Google, who charge for similar products.
Efficiency Focus
- DeepSeek achieved similar results with a fraction of OpenAI and Google's budgets, by cleverly combining existing techniques.
- They focused on improving computing efficiency during AI model training.
Environmental Impact
- DeepSeek’s efficient model may offer a path to reducing the environmental impact of AI.
- However, its "chain of thought" processing could increase deployment costs.