DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race

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And they're totally free to use. But here's the real catch. While OpenAI's GPT-4 reportedly cost as much as $100 million to train, DeepSeek claims that it cost less than $6 million to claim R1. In a matter of days, DeepSeek went viral. It became the number one app in the United States. And on Monday morning, the controversy over its underlying economics punched a hole in the stock market.