Insight into DeepSeek reveals skepticism about its cost-effectiveness, particularly regarding the claimed $5 million investment in developing OpenAI. Analyst Stacy Rasgon highlights that this figure is misleading, as it doesn't encapsulate all additional research expenses. Furthermore, DeepSeek demonstrates early-stage errors, similar to those found in ChatGPT's launch period, and exhibits censorship by avoiding sensitive topics, such as the Tiananmen Square massacre, when operating from China, reflecting the constraints imposed by local governance.
"Did DeepSeek really build OpenAI for $5M? Of course not. The oft quoted $5M number... does not include all the other costs associated with prior research."
"In use, DeepSeek makes elementary errors... some of its responses also underline that the app imposes guard rails when run from a Chinese host."
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