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Dario Amodei challenges DeepSeek’s $6 million AI narrative: What Anthropic thinks about China’s latest AI move

January 30, 2025
The AI world was rocked last week when DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, announced its latest language model DeepSeek-R1 that appeared to match the capabilities of leading American AI systems at a fraction of the cost. The announcement triggered a widespread market selloff that wiped nearly $200 billion from Nvidia’s market value and sparked heated debates about the future of AI development. The…
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AI chat firm GameOn couple arrested for defrauding investors of over $60M to finance wedding and more

January 29, 2025
Authorities yesterday arrested GameOn Technology founder Alexander Charles Beckman and attorney Valerie Lau Beckman (a married couple) for allegedly defrauding investors of $60 million. In a 25-count indictment, the U.S. Department of Justice said the couple allegedly falsified dozens of bank statements and audit reports defraud GameOn investors. The alleged fraud spanned six years. Beckman was…
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Why everyone in AI is freaking out about DeepSeek

January 28, 2025
As of a few days ago, only the nerdiest of nerds (I say this as one) had ever heard of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI subsidiary of the equally evocatively named High-Flyer Capital Management, a quantitative analysis (or quant) firm that initially launched in 2015. Yet within the last few days, it’s been arguably the most discussed company in Silicon Valley. That’s largely thanks to the release of…
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We asked OpenAI’s o1 about the top AI trends in 2025 — here’s a look into our conversation

January 27, 2025
AI is already reshaping industries and society on a global scale. IDC predicts that AI will contribute $19.9 trillion to the global economy by 2030, comprising 3.5% of GDP. This momentum is exemplified by the recent announcement of “Project Stargate,” a partnership to invest up to $100 billion in new AI-focused data center capacity. This is all indicative of the tremendous activity going on…
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