DeepSeek has become a buzzword, captivating the world with the unveiling of its DeepSeek R1 model by a Chinese startup. It directly competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, emerging as one of the most downloaded free apps in the USA.
Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman commended DeepSeek on X. Altman described DeepSeek R1 as an impressive model.
Praising the Chinese DeepSeek R1 model, Sam Altman noted its excellent problem-solving capabilities, drawing parallels to OpenAI's o1 reasoning model.
Sam Altman's Praise, Yet...
Altman not only praised DeepSeek R1 but also hinted at OpenAI's preparations for the next chapter. On X, he expressed OpenAI's potential to deliver even more impressive models that would astonish the world, while also planning to bring AGI, or Artificial General Intelligence, for the people.
OpenAI has been swiftly advancing its AI Agents, considered the future of AI. The company plans to deploy AI Agents within its operations by this year. Recently, they previewed Operator, a type of AI Agent.
Why is this happening? What's causing upheaval in the American market due to DeepSeek?
OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft have massive investment plans in AI. However, DeepSeek R1 showcases the potential to perform tasks for significantly lower costs than OpenAI's ChatGPT.
DeepSeek is seen as cost-effective and power-efficient. Training and deploying large language models like ChatGPT consumes a substantial amount of electricity. However, DeepSeek R1 delivers outcomes similar to ChatGPT with fewer resources.
From a technical perspective, DeepSeek hasn't done anything that should disrupt the American market. However, understanding the DeepSeek R1 model makes companies question why Google and OpenAI are investing billions while DeepSeek achieves the same for less.
NVIDIA suffered significant losses, as it's a leading global supplier of AI chipsets. Although NVIDIA has made substantial advancements in AI Chip technology, questions are now raised about the utility of NVIDIA's chipsets following DeepSeek's introduction.
