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Feb 2025
11m 38s

China’s AI Bombshell: DeepSeek Just Chan...

Eli Schafer
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China’s latest AI breakthrough, DeepSeek AI, has just sent shockwaves through the global tech landscape, rattling U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence. Built in just two months for a fraction of the cost of OpenAI's models, DeepSeek R1 is outperforming some of the most powerful AI systems—including GPT-4 and Meta’s Llama.

In this episode, we dive deep into:
🔹 How DeepSeek AI works and why it’s a game-changer
🔹 The impact on the stock market, crypto, and U.S. tech giants
🔹 Why OpenAI and Google should be worried
🔹 What this means for AI development—open-source vs. closed-source
🔹 How China achieved this with limited access to top-tier GPUs

Is this the beginning of a new AI arms race? And more importantly, how can you position yourself to benefit from this seismic shift? Tune in now to find out.

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