DeepSeek and chip bans have supercharged AI innovation in China
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Investors believe practical AI applications will fuel the next wave of growth, with startups building on top of DeepSeek’s foundation.
  • DeepSeek has rapidly accelerated AI adoption throughout Chinese society.
  • Chinese tech giants have released a wave of free, open-source AI models.
  • Startups are under pressure to abandon foundational research as investors prioritize practical applications.
  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Practical applications for LLMs such as? There are a lot of claims there but not much substance.

    Sorry, but we’ve leaped through this cycle of the next ChatGPT revolution, followed by the next GPT killer, followed by the whole technology being overhyped anyway too many times. It‘s weird to see OpenAI being portrayed as this big villain but it‘s a triumph when others do it.

    Truth is they spent much more than they claimed on this and want a return on investment by aggressively pushing it into applications that don‘t need it. It‘s the same old tale every time.