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Feb 2025
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AI's Sputnik moment

Reuters
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Chinese startup DeepSeek has upended assumptions about what it will take to fund and fuel the next generation of artificial intelligence. Tech correspondents Jeffrey Dastin and Anna Tong discuss the fallout for Silicon Valley, investors and global politics.   Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. ... Show More
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