first DeepSeek, now a new set of models from ByteDance. hopes the US had a moat it could maintain around AI dominance seem dashed, despite the extraordinary scale (and ecological weight) of US investment and attempts to retain advantage in GPUs and advanced microchips. www.aibase.com/news/14931 1/

these Chinese models are much, much lighter and cheaper to run than US frontier models. will we really need to invest half a trillion dollars in AI and build special power plants (mb because Jevon's paradox), or might we just enjoy greener cheaper applications? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_... /fin