Reflection AI Raises $2b to Build "american Deepseek"
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Reflection AI raises $2B in funding to build a large language model dubbed 'American DeepSeek', sparking discussion about the valuation and potential of such AI projects.
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sirodoht
3 months ago
https://archive.is/mP88G
tripplyons
3 months ago
The DeepSeek in "American DeepSeek" refers to American open weight models in this article, which feels strange to me when they mention Meta and OpenAI releasing open weight models recently. I guess for it to be an "American DeepSeek" they have to be the beat the Chinese ones.
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