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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Marvie Basilan

Expert's Take: Reflecting On DeepSeek's Disruptive AI Funding Model With O.XYZ Founder

DeepSeek was launched as a challenger to U.S. AI assistants, including ChatGPT, but supposedly developed with a much smaller budget. (Credit: AFP)

KEY POINTS

  • DeepSeek claimed that it developed its AI chatbot with a budget of less than $6 million
  • Questions emerged on the reasoning of companies pledging billions toward AI development
  • AI tokens that 'align' with DeepSeek's funding model to bring 'cheaper and functional' AI will 'stand the test of time': O.XYZ Founder

DeepSeek, the artificial intelligence chatbot from a Chinese firm that shook U.S. tech stocks hard and also rocked the AI cryptocurrency token circle to the core over the weekend, appeared to be a thorn on the side of American tech and was indeed a "wake-up call."

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