DeepSeek R1 came out on January 20, 2025, and triggered strong reactions throughout the world. Nvidia stock dropped more than 17% in one day; in total market cap, the company recorded the biggest loss in American history. The panic seemed to be sparked by DeepSeek’s claim that they trained R1 on last-generation GPU’s for only […]
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