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Gmail creator warns Google is ‘only a year or two away from total disruption’ because of AI like ChatGPT,
DeepSeek means AI proliferation is guaranteed.”
As Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic, explained We often hear that pursuing antitrust cases against or regulating [dominant tech] firms will weaken American innovation and cede the global stage to China,
former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Lina Khan has said If it’s going to happen anyway, it seems like it would be good for someone other than Google to do it first,
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman wrote in an email to co-founder Elon Musk Jevons paradox strikes again!”
As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on X after the DeepSeek announcement DeepSeek's R1 is an impressive model, particularly around what they're able to deliver for the price."
In a post on X, OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said China has to be a contributor [to global innovation] and not just always get a free ride,
We will make significant and sustained investments, avoiding mediocrity, and approach the biggest questions with a long-term perspective,
Every individual has his or her unique life path, and own ideas, and there's no need to push them,
The takeaway is that there are many possibilities to develop this industry. The high-end chip/capital intensive way is one technological approach,
said Xiaomeng Lu, director of Eurasia Group's geo-technology practice During the recent Davos conference, a new term was introduced: FOBO; Fear Of Becoming Obsolete—individuals having this anxiety [that] their skills and their roles become redundant because of artificial intelligence,
Together, these world-leading technology giants are announcing the formation of Stargate, so put that name down in your books, a new American company that will invest in AI infrastructure. This is a resounding vote of confidence in America's potential. It will ensure the future of AI technology and keep it in this country."
Trump said at the announcement of Stargate You can continue to try and contain access to chips and close the walls off. While you're doing that, you're doubling down on investment into data infrastructure, supporting the development of AI in the U.S. and being first in that race,
We will obviously deliver much better models and also it's legit invigorating to have a new competitor! We will pull up some releases. But mostly we are excited to continue to execute on our research road map and believe more compute is more important now than ever before to succeed at our mission."
Altman, whose flagship product ChatGPT is described by DeepSeek as a "rival," said in a statement America's competitive edge has long relied on open science and collaboration across industry, academia and government,
I've been reading about China and some of the companies in China, one in particular coming up with a faster method of AI and much less expensive method, and that's good because you don't have to spend as much money. I view that as a positive, as an asset."
President Donald Trump said on Monday DeepSeek has had some real innovations,
Nadella said during an investor call after Microsoft reported quarterly results on Wednesday We ourselves have been seeing significant efficiency gains both in training and inference for years now,
DeepSeek's cost efficiency is praiseworthy, but the privacy implications of its data collection would raise significant concerns,
said Saeed Rehman, senior lecturer in cybersecurity and networking at Flinders University For AI, I think this just shows us that [the United States] is not alone in our technical capability,
Casado said in an interview
