DeepSeek, the overnight Chinese AI startup sensation, has stirred buzz and hype in the tech and AI industry. With $6 million allocated for training its R1 V3-powered AI model and the reinforcement learning technique, the firm managed to give major US-based AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic a run for their money, dethroning ChatGPT as the most downloaded free AI app in the United States.
Over the past few days, key players in the industry have shared their thoughts about the emerging ultra-cost-effective model, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman touting it as an impressive model but claiming, "We will obviously deliver much better models." On the other hand, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that R1 is super impressive and developments from China should be taken very, very seriously.
