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Jan 2025
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China's shocking DeepSeek AI pops US Big...

Ben Norton
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The Chinese company DeepSeek shocked the West with a groundbreaking open-source artificial intelligence model that beats huge Silicon Valley Big Tech monopolies. The US government is already trying to ban it, using "national security" as an excuse. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRmK84_K7Q Topics 0:00 China's Sputnik moment 1 ... Show More
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