DeepSeek: A Disruptive Force in AI

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This episode explores DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup challenging the AI landscape with its free alternative to ChatGPT. We'll examine DeepSeek's innovative architecture, including Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) and Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA), which optimize efficiency. The discussion will highlight DeepSeek's use of reinforcement learning (RL) and its impact on reasoning capabilities, as well as how its open-source approach is democratizing AI access and innovation.

We will also discuss ethical concerns, the competitive advantages and disadvantages of US-based models, and how DeepSeek is impacting cost structures and proprietary models. Join us as we analyze DeepSeek’s influence on the AI industry and the future of AI development and international collabor ...