EXPLAINED | DeepSeek: How the Breakthrough Chinese AI Startup Could Break US Stranglehold on Technology
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EXPLAINED | DeepSeek: How the Breakthrough Chinese AI Startup Could Break US Stranglehold on Technology

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 28, 2025 16:39 IST - 6 MINS READ The tech world’s established order was upended this week by an unlikely disruptor: a small Chinese AI startup whose breakthrough has rattled Silicon Valley giants and sent shockwaves through global markets. Silicon Valley heavyweights including investor Marc Andreessen and AI godfather and chief Meta Platforms Inc. scientist Yann LeCun began piling into the conversation, with Andreessen calling DeepSeek’s model “one of the most amazing and impressive breakthroughs” he has ever seen. “While it remains to be seen if DeepSeek will prove to be a viable, cheaper alternative in the long term, initial worries are centered on whether US tech giants’ pricing power is being threatened and if their massive AI spending needs re-evaluation,” said Jun Rong Yeap of IG Asia. China’s leadership When asked to detail what it knew about Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Deepseek implored to “talk about something else”. “In this day and age, when you have limited compute power and money, you learn how to build things very efficiently.” For its part, Nvidia—the biggest provider of chips used to train AI software—described DeepSeek’s new model as an “excellent AI advancement” that fully complies with the US government’s restrictions on technology exports.

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