China's Deepseek Says Its Hit AI Model Cost Just $294,000 to Train
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DeepSeek's AI model was trained at a significantly lower cost than expected, sparking interest in the factors contributing to this efficiency, with the single comment questioning the accuracy of the reported cost.
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When I see this happening to China I have zero doubts that the end result will be the exact opposite of what the US policy is intending.