The emergence of DeepSeek — a Chinese AI model that was developed for a fraction of the cost of leading Western ones, but seems to perform on par with them — caused chaos in the markets and electrified the tech industry. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Victoria Chamberlin with help from Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Rob Byers, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members The DeepSeek logo on a phone in front of a flag of China. Photo illustration by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Everyone's talking about DeepSeek. DeepSeek. Satya Nadella at Microsoft.
I think DeepSeek has, you know, had some real innovation.
Mark Zuckerberg at Meta.
You know, I think that there's a number of novel things that they did that I think we're still digesting and appreciating. There are a number of things that they have advances that we will hope to implement in our systems.
The president of America.
The release of deep seek AI from a Chinese company should be a wake up call for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win.
It's a chatbot. It's a white paper. It could help write code for a Tetris game. Tetris. It could solve a math theorem. It's chips, you guys. On Today Explained, the week the world wilded out over DeepSeek. And also, what is DeepSeek? Coming up.
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