ScalziJan 27, 2025

Oh no the Chinese are doing the useless thing that gives wrong answers cheaper

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/tech/deepseek-stocks-ai-china/index.html

A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging

US stocks dropped sharply Monday — and chipmaker Nvidia lost nearly $600 billion in market value — after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s technology industry.

CNN
Show threadJonas R. (er/ihm)
@scalzi And apparently its training/alignment/whaddayacallit is unsurprisingly biased towards Chinese state's sensibilities, showing in its responses to questions about the Tiananmen protest or the Uighur minority.
Not that I believe generative AI developed in the US is less biased - it's probably just harder for us to see.
https://mezha.media/en/2025/01/24/the-chinese-ai-model-deepseek-r1-is-as-good-as-openai-o1-if-you-don-t-ask-it-about-tiananmen-square/
Jan 27, 2025 at 4:12pmWeb