[sandspar]

>DeepSeek is a plucky little company

DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company and we're talking about military technology. The next world war will be fought by AI, so the Chinese government won't leave China's AI development to chance. The might of the entire Chinese government is backing DeepSeek.

[skinner_]

In your opinion, why did they choose the open source way instead of doing it in a military bunker? (Metaphorical not literal bunker.)

[chucke1992]

Open source is about standards. If for example USA uses chinese algorithms or whatever, if China discovered some drawbacks in it and did not disclose it originally - it can be used as a weapon.

[sandspar]

Perhaps because open source undercuts Western companies. I assume they have secret ones that are as good or better.

[__m]

So like the US, with trump’s recent executive order?