Artificial Intelligence has seen big changes recently. A Chinese company is now offering Deep Seek R1, a new AI system. It competes with the popular AI products already on the market, such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s Gemini. Deep Seek has been free to download. And, it has been very popular, with many users downloading it.
The Deep Seek AI system is said to have been developed at a far lower cost than existing products (such as ChstGPT. Perplexity, Gemini). It was developed despite the fact that the United States had banned the sale of the supposedly necessary computer chips to the Chinese. And, the Deep Seek AI system has some reasoning capabilities.
The Deep Seek AI system is open source. This means anyone can see the code used to run the system. And, the Deep State AI system does not require a huge data center. It can run on relatively small devices. Thus, it may be a cost competitive alternative for smaller businesses
The Deep Seek AI system is said to be a wakeup call for American tech companies. It raises the question of whether or not AI development really needs huge data centers and the vast energy supplies that those data centers require.
In conclusion, Deep Seek is having an impact on AI. We are in interesting times and we will have to see where this new development leads.
