DeepSeek's AI claims have shaken the world — but not everyone's convinced

DeepSeek's AI claims have shaken the world — but not everyone's convinced

DeepSeek claims its R1 outperforms OpenAI's latest o1 model despite costing a fraction of the price the U.S. AI lab charges for its large language models.

Anthropic CEO doubts DeepSeek's efficiency claims, says US needs to limit China’s access to all AI chips

While DeepSeek’s rise has stirred interest in the tech industry, Anthropic's CEO Amodei believes the advantages it claims over US AI companies are exaggerated and short-lived. He argues that the costs of DeepSeek's AI model are likely higher than reported

Anthropic's Dario Amodei Questions DeepSeek's Cost Claims, Bats for Stronger AI Export Controls

In his recent blog, ‘On DeepSeek and Export Controls,’ Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei addressed claims surrounding DeepSeek’s AI model and its implications for US export restrictions on chips to China. He challenged the notion that DeepSeek has achieved a significant cost advantage over US AI companies. Comparing the outputs, Amodei noted that the claims regarding DeepSeek’s achievement for $6 million, which cost American AI companies billions of do…

Dario Amodei challenges DeepSeek’s $6 million AI narrative: What Anthropic thinks about China’s latest AI move

Amodei says the breakthrough actually cost billions, emphasizing that AI development remains resource-intensive despite engineering gains.

The Friday File: China challenger causes chaos, AI to sweep MWC

Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as breakthrough Chinese AI player DeepSeek made its mark, the GSMA tipped AI to take centre stage at the upcoming MWC, and Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile claimed a satellite video call first. Chinese AI model DeepSeek jolts industry What happened: Chinese AI startup DeepSeek launched its AI model dubbed DeepSeek-R1, which surpassed OpenAI’s ChatGPT in downloads on Apple’s US App Store. W…

China’s DeepSeek has some big AI claims; not all experts are convinced

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek rocked markets this week with claims its new AI model outperforms OpenAI’s and cost a fraction of the price to build. The assertions — specifically that DeepSeek’s large language model cost just $5.6 million to train — have sparked concerns over the eyewatering sums that tech giants are currently spending on computing infrastructure required to train and run advanced AI workloads. Investor fears over…