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How did DeepSeek, a little-known Chinese A.I. start-up, cause the markets and U.S. tech giants to quake? Here’s what to know. https://nyti.ms/40N88tj

What is DeepSeek? And How Is It Upending A.I.? How did a little-known Chinese start-up cause the markets and U.S. tech giants to quake? Here’s what to know. https://ift.tt/YOsltLD

What is DeepSeek? And How Is It Upending A.I.? How did a little-known Chinese start-up cause the markets and U.S. tech giants to quake? Here’s what to know.

More with less: $500 billion Stargate vs $5.5 million DeepSeek Everyone and their mother had an opinion on the $500 billion Stargate by President Trump. This was fake news. There are no $500 billion, see here for a details analysis: https://lnkd.in/gZHHr-WJ But if it was a wake-up call for Europe, it served it purpose. Once awake, the question is now what? And China's DeepSeek provides the answer: do more with less: create a competitive LLM for $5.5 million https://lnkd.in/gTkfE3E3

OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp. will each commit $19 billion to fund Stargate, a joint venture to develop data centers for artificial intelligence in the U.S. Source: Yahoo Finance

Ah, the tech world never fails to amuse. Meet David Sacks, the so-called 'AI Czar,' who's on a mission to sprinkle some deregulation fairy dust over America's tech policy, all while cozying up to Trump. You know, just your average Tuesday in the land of innovation. If you're curious about how this tech bro and his friends are out to ‘red-pill’ America and shape the future (whatever that means), then this blog post is just what you need. Dive into the whimsical world of crony capitalism and tech influence by clicking the link. You'll definitely want to be part of this conversation—so you can roll your eyes, of course. Read more here: https://ift.tt/vTBkuH8.

While near-term tech volatility may persist, we believe the broader AI narrative and investment case for tech remain intact

Great interview with Sami Kassab (formerly our head of Bittensor research OSS Capital) and david lawee (first CMO of Google and founder of CapitalG, heavy hitter!) on the latest developments in the Bittensor ($TAO) ecosystem. Decentralized, permissionless AI commodity production is growing exponentially and will be orders of magnitude more profoundly impactful for humanity than any centralized entity (corporation or government) can coordinate. https://lnkd.in/gXPpx5Ey

Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend! This week’s 5 top stories   ☞ Today is the opening of the 33rd Olympic Games, and for the first time in history the ceremony won’t be held in a stadium but on the River Seine, checkout the ceremony! ☞ On peacock, an AI version of the Hall of Fame announcer Al Michaels, will narrate action for up to 7 million personalized highlights! ☞ Chicago and Illinois universities are leaning heavily on quantum computing and I love it! ☞ Not so good, about 8.5 millions computers failed last week, 1% of the windows fleet, for a bill of already $5+ billion… ☞ Meta released Llama 3.1, open sourced it, and the model outperforms OpenAI and other rivals on certain benchmarks. Open source AI is gaining momentum! 📖 Other horizons and weekend long reads: 🔭 New research, from MIT, found an overlooked source that slowed vaccination rates in the U.S.: misleading headlines from mainstream news sources. Really interesting and timely publication as the very apps that helps us through out our day are polluted with ads full of punchy headlines…   🔭 Switzerland halt it long standing neutrality policy … mandating usage of open source software for all government branches. A number of other European countries are considering similar move. https://lnkd.in/gViwYedA

"A private joint venture known as "Stargate" that pledges to invest up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence development, and will include tech firms OpenAI and Oracle and sector investor SoftBank with investment also from Middle East fund MGX."