Bonus | Main Character Syndrome: Deepseek
Jan 31, 2025•4 min
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Episode description
Did the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Deepseek just blow up the A.I. world as we know it? Or is it just a cheap knock-off?
Guest: Lizzie O’Leary, host of the Slate podcast What Next TBD.
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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.
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