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Jan 2025
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DeepSeek vs. Open AI - The State of AI w...

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About this episode

In this episode, Emad, Salim, and Peter discuss the recent DeepSeek news, the China vs. USA AI race, and what Emad has been working on. 


Recorded on Jan 29th, 2024

Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice.


Emad is the founder of Intelligent Internet and the former CEO and Co-Founder of Stability AI, a company funding the development of open-source music- and image-generating systems such as Dance Diffusion, Stable Diffusion, and Stable Video 3D. 


Salim Ismail is a serial entrepreneur and technology strategist well known for his expertise in Exponential organizations. He is the Founding Executive Director of Singularity University and the founder and chairman of ExO Works and OpenExO. 


Emad on X:https://x.com/EMostaque 

Learn more about Intelligent Internet: https://ii.inc/ 

Read Emad’s Paper: https://x.com/ii_posts/status/1877018732733612367 

Join Salim's ExO Community: https://openexo.com

Salim’s X: https://twitter.com/salimismail 

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