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Already, we've seen high-profile industry figures respond to DeepSeek. Sam Altman on Monday called it a, quote, impressive model and added that it was, quote, legit invigorating to have a new competitor. NVIDIA was nice about it, too, with the company releasing a statement calling DeepSeek an excellent AI advancement.

David Sachs, the new AI czar in the Trump administration, was quick to twist the moment around into a criticism of the Biden administration, posting on X that, quote, DeepSeek R1 shows the AI race will be very competitive, and President Trump was right to rescind the Biden EO, which hamstrung American AI companies, without asking whether China would do the same. He did warn, though, that the U.S.

David Sachs, the new AI czar in the Trump administration, was quick to twist the moment around into a criticism of the Biden administration, posting on X that, quote, DeepSeek R1 shows the AI race will be very competitive, and President Trump was right to rescind the Biden EO, which hamstrung American AI companies, without asking whether China would do the same. He did warn, though, that the U.S.

David Sachs, the new AI czar in the Trump administration, was quick to twist the moment around into a criticism of the Biden administration, posting on X that, quote, DeepSeek R1 shows the AI race will be very competitive, and President Trump was right to rescind the Biden EO, which hamstrung American AI companies, without asking whether China would do the same. He did warn, though, that the U.S.

can't be complacent. Sachs might be right, but I disagree on how. DeepSeek is a success because it hyper-optimized the GPUs that we were allowing NVIDIA to sell to China, not because China didn't have regulations. Still the wrong outcome, but that doesn't mean Sachs is right.

can't be complacent. Sachs might be right, but I disagree on how. DeepSeek is a success because it hyper-optimized the GPUs that we were allowing NVIDIA to sell to China, not because China didn't have regulations. Still the wrong outcome, but that doesn't mean Sachs is right.

can't be complacent. Sachs might be right, but I disagree on how. DeepSeek is a success because it hyper-optimized the GPUs that we were allowing NVIDIA to sell to China, not because China didn't have regulations. Still the wrong outcome, but that doesn't mean Sachs is right.

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We're back with The Verge senior AI reporter, Kylie Robison. Before the break, we were talking about some of the early panic reactions to DeepSeek and why it's become such a big deal in such a short amount of time. Part of that has to do with its capabilities, but a lot of it has to do with its cost.

We're back with The Verge senior AI reporter, Kylie Robison. Before the break, we were talking about some of the early panic reactions to DeepSeek and why it's become such a big deal in such a short amount of time. Part of that has to do with its capabilities, but a lot of it has to do with its cost.

We're back with The Verge senior AI reporter, Kylie Robison. Before the break, we were talking about some of the early panic reactions to DeepSeek and why it's become such a big deal in such a short amount of time. Part of that has to do with its capabilities, but a lot of it has to do with its cost.

DeepSeek wouldn't exist without a lot of the foundational technology developed here in the United States, including open source advancements by Meta with its Lama models and by OpenAI technology as well, which AI startups worldwide have been reverse engineering for some time now. on Tuesday in what's a pretty funny twist.

DeepSeek wouldn't exist without a lot of the foundational technology developed here in the United States, including open source advancements by Meta with its Lama models and by OpenAI technology as well, which AI startups worldwide have been reverse engineering for some time now. on Tuesday in what's a pretty funny twist.

DeepSeek wouldn't exist without a lot of the foundational technology developed here in the United States, including open source advancements by Meta with its Lama models and by OpenAI technology as well, which AI startups worldwide have been reverse engineering for some time now. on Tuesday in what's a pretty funny twist.

OpenAI even began to complain that its intellectual property was violated, telling the Financial Times that it has evidence that DeepSeek used its models to train its own with a technique known in the AI world as distillation.

OpenAI even began to complain that its intellectual property was violated, telling the Financial Times that it has evidence that DeepSeek used its models to train its own with a technique known in the AI world as distillation.

OpenAI even began to complain that its intellectual property was violated, telling the Financial Times that it has evidence that DeepSeek used its models to train its own with a technique known in the AI world as distillation.

Of course, OpenAI scraped the entire web without permission to train its initial models, so it's pretty hard to complain that its models have now been ripped off, but that's the world we live in.