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mushroom25 | 10:19 Wed 29th Jan 2025 | News
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reported widely in all sorts of media outlets (and in social media), just google and take your pick -

Deepseek - reported as being a generative AI program developed at a fraction of the cost of its predecessors, requiring a fraction of the computer processor capacity and consuming a fraction of the power.

too good to be true? or is it the answer to Sir Keir's prayers, and the platform to being Labour's AI revolution?

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Link here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv5976z9po

It's certainly a kick in the teeeth for Donald Trump and his hopes of the US leading the world in AI.  I'm sure that Sir K would prefer a UK company, such as Faculty AI (which bases its technology on OpenAI), to be at the forefront of developments but anything other than a US-centric system is to be welcomed.

In my opinion though, DeepSeek won't really dominate the scene until it becomes fully voice responsive, for both input nd output.  (At the moment, it's only text-based).  Although I've got DeepSeek on my phone, I find Gemini easier to work with, simply because it's possible to have a conversation with it.

I won't be installing it on my phone - much like I haven't installed TikTok ...

https://www.wired.com/story/deepseek-ai-china-privacy-data/

DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China

Amid ongoing fears over TikTok, Chinese generative AI platform DeepSeek says it’s sending heaps of US user data straight to its home country, potentially setting the stage for greater scrutiny.

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As people clamor to test out the AI platform, though, the demand brings into focus how the Chinese startup collects user data and sends it home. Users have already reported several examples of DeepSeek censoring content that is critical of China or its policies. The AI setup appears to collect a lot of information—including all your chat messages—and send it back to China. In many ways, it’s likely sending more data back to China than TikTok has in recent years, since the social media company moved to US cloud hosting to try to deflect US security concerns

“It shouldn’t take a panic over Chinese AI to remind people that most companies in the business set the terms for how they use your private data” says John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. “And that when you use their services, you’re doing work for them, not the other way around.”

That was my first thought Eilipsis.

 

That plus wondering if cheap & cheerful might not be a different  market to expensive and thoroughly developed.

//but anything other than a US-centric system is to be welcomed.//

Rather rcist isnt it or is it your TDS kicking in.

True AI doesnt exist and this Chinese thing (I suspect industrial esponage) isnt even the same as the others so that why it can run on old Nvidia chips.

The market did need an adjustment though, Hedge funds have driven up the stock prices beyond their real value - bit like the .com stuff.

It will settle and move forward. Personally I wouldnt load any software from the Chinese on any device of mine.

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