Us President Donald Trump Said Said that Chinese Ai Startup Deepseek’s Dark-Horse Entry Into the Ai Race Should Serve as a “Wake-Up Call” for American Companies Developing Artificial Intelligence.
“HopeFully, the Release of Deepseek Ai from a Chinese Company Should Be a Wake-Up Call for our industries that we need to be laser-focused on Competing to Win,” Trump Told a Republican Congression Retreat in Florida.
Trump’s Comments Came After the Ai Model Powering Deepseek’s Chatbot Began Outperforming Top Us Models, with the Chinese Company Saying They Were Made at a Fraction of the Cost.
By Monday, Deepseek’s Chatbot was the main merchandise on the Apple App Store, Surpassing Openai’s Chatgpt Chatbot that Had Taken the Internet by Storm in A Similar Fashion when it first burst onto the scene in very early 2023.
Deepseek Rattles Tech Stocks
The Increasing Popularity of Deepseek Has Shaken The Confidence of Investors, While Raising Bigger Questions About The Future of American Ai Models.
Nvidia, the main provider of ai chips, Lost Close to 600 Billion in Market Cap on Monday, The Biggest Drop for Any Company on a Single Day Inus History
In Japan, Chip Screening Tools Manufacturer Advantest, A Supplier to Nvidia, Lost 10% on Tuesday after Diving Almost 9% on Monday.
CHIP-MAKING Equipment Maker Tokyo Electron Fell 5.3%, While Technology Start-up Investor Softbank Group was 6% Lower.
Over within the United States, Broadcom Finished Down 17.4%, Complied with Chatgt Backer Microsoft Which Fell 2.1percentand after that Google Parent Alphabet which completed down 4.2%.
Trump Says Shock Could so be ‘optimistic’ for us Companies
Trump Added the Shock News Could So Be a “Positive” for Us Tech Companies, As It Could Force Themate to Innovate More Cheaply.
“I’ve Been Reading About China and a number of the Companies in China, one in Particular Coming up with a Faster Method of Ai and Much Less Expensive Method, and that is good Because you do not have to spend as a lot cash. I view that as a optimistic, as an asset, “Trump Said
“I view that as a optimistic going you may be doing that too, so you will not be spending as a lot, and you will get the identical consequence, hopefully,“ he encluded.
Last Week, Trump Announced a $ 500 Billion (EUR 478 Billion) Project to Build Ai Infrastructure within the Us, Led by Japanese Giant Softbank Andchatgpt Maker OpenaAi
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