# Why Everyone Is Freaking Out About DeepSeek | the Verge  ## Metadata - Author: [[Kylie Robison]] - Full Title: Why Everyone Is Freaking Out About DeepSeek | the Verge - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Document Tags: [[ai aesthetics paper]] - Summary: DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has quickly gained attention for creating advanced AI models at a fraction of the cost of competitors like Nvidia. This challenges the belief that only big tech can afford to lead in AI development, suggesting that smaller companies can thrive with more efficient strategies. The rapid success of DeepSeek could reshape the AI industry and make powerful tools more accessible. - URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/598846/deepseek-big-tech-ai-industry-nvidia-impac - Source File: web-only ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > Doubtless someone will want to know what this means for AGI, which is understood by the savviest AI experts as a pie-in-the-sky pitch meant to woo capital. (In December, [OpenAI’s Altman](https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24313130/sam-altman-openai-agi-lower-the-bar) notably lowered the bar for what counted as AGI from something that could “elevate humanity” to something that will “matter much less” than people think.) Because AI superintelligence is still pretty much just imaginative, it’s hard to know whether it’s even possible — much less something DeepSeek has made a reasonable step toward. In this sense, the whale logo checks out; this is an industry full of Ahabs. The end game on AI is still anyone’s guess. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jjq0h1d2wdybxpne7z9fv7b9))