Meta, DeepSeek and AI

Meta's chief AI scientist says DeepSeek's success shows that 'open source models are surpassing proprietary ones'
Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, said DeepSeek's success with R1 said more about the value of open-source than Chinese competition.
DeepSeek's breakthrough emboldens open-source AI models like Meta's Llama
DeepSeek's success represents a victory for open-source artificial intelligence models such as Meta's Llama, industry experts told CNBC.
ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Or Llama? Meta’s LeCun Says Open-Source Is The Key
Meta’s Yann LeCun asserts open-source AI is the future, as the Chinese open-source model DeepSeek challenges ChatGPT and Llama, reshaping the AI race.
DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough powers Meta’s Llama and open-source boom
The artificial intelligence race has been dominated by proprietary models from OpenAI and Google, but a new challenger is shifting the landscape. DeepSeek’s latest AI model, R1, has bolstered the case for open-source AI,
DeepSeek's open-source AI breakthrough challenges Meta's strategy
Chinese startup DeepSeek has disrupted the AI industry with its low-cost, open-source model, prompting industry giants to reassess their approaches. Sega Cheng, AI expert, and iKala co-founder, emphasized the importance of reinforcement learning (RL) while noting ongoing debate over DeepSeek's actual GPU usage.
AI Memory And Context: Open Source, DeepSeek, Meta, And Model Research
With AI, though, it’s different. The stakes are different – the impact on our society and our personal lives is different. So it helps to know a little more about how AI agents, LLMs and neural nets, are making decisions and processing what’s around them.
Meta launches new program to improve speech and translation AI
Meta is launching a new program in partnership with UNESCO to collect speech recordings and transcriptions the company said ...
Meta acknowledges 'critical risk' AI systems that are too dangerous to develop — here's what that means
According to a policy document, there are some scenarios where Meta feels AI systems are just too risky to be worked on.
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Meta sets limits on AI releases, choosing to avoid ‘risky’ systems
Meta’s new policy outlines when it may withhold powerful AI models, categorizing them as high or critical risk to prevent ...
Sam Altman says OpenAI will embrace two new AI approaches, one from DeepSeek and another from Meta
During a Reddit AMA on Friday, Altman said OpenAI has "been on the wrong side of history" when it comes to keeping model ...
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Mark Zuckerberg reveals thoughts on DeepSeek as Meta’s AI spending under scrutiny
Meta Platforms’ fourth-quarter revenue beat Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, but the company predicted sales in the ...
Meta is reportedly scrambling ‘war rooms’ of engineers to figure out how DeepSeek’s AI is beating everyone else at a fraction of the price
DeepSeek, an AI startup backed by hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management, this month released a version of its AI chatbot, ...
Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to redefine open source so badly
Emily Omier, a well-regarded open-source start-up consultant, emphasized that open source is a binary standard set by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), not a spectrum. "Either you're open source, or ...
Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft set to spend $230 billion this year as hefty AI bills come under scrutiny
Meta, Microsoft, and Google parent Alphabet are expecting a cumulative $228 billion in capital expenditures in 2025, driven ...