Last week in tech news, notable figures including Donald Trump and Sam Altman announced a $500bn initiative for AI infrastructure called Stargate. Meanwhile, Meta is investing $65bn to enhance its data centers. Among the significant developments is the launch of DeepSeek's open-sourced R1 model, which reportedly uses only 3-5% of the computing resources needed by models like ChatGPT. This innovation has sparked debate over US supremacy in AI and has implications for trade policies, as the model can perform at par or better than US alternatives despite China's stricter regulations on GPU access.
DeepSeek's open-sourced R1 model, using significantly less computing power, challenges the notion that the US is the dominant force in AI development.
Marc Andreessen called R1 AI's release a 'Sputnik moment', indicating a serious shift in the power dynamics of the global AI landscape.
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