Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Italy Blocks DeepSeek; After DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets; Meta claims Open Source was right choice; DeepSeek & China's Censors; How to run it safely

Italy Blocks DeepSeek from App stores over Data Concerns

 After DeepSeek, Venture Capital Investors Face Questions About Their A.I. Bets - The New York Times

Venture capitalists plowed money into A.I. start-ups like OpenAI and Anthropic. But the rise of the Chinese A.I. start-up DeepSeek has called that funding frenzy into question.

DeepSeek Shows Meta’s A.I. Strategy Is Working - The New York Times

The Silicon Valley giant was criticized for giving away its core A.I. technology two years ago for anyone to use. Now that bet is having an impact.

DeepSeek’s A.I. Chatbot Awkwardly Navigates China’s Censors - The New York Times

Asked about sensitive topics, the bot would begin to answer, then stop and delete its own work. It refused to answer questions like: “Who is Xi Jinping?”

Watch This Before Using DeepSeek (Includes a deep dive into data policies...VIP if you are thinking of using the phone app!)

If you are running it, run it locally!