An AI lab out of China has ignited panic throughout Silicon Valley after releasing AI models that can outperform America's best despite being built more cheaply and with less-powerful chips. DeepSeek unveiled a free, open-source large-language model in late December that it says took only two months and less than $6 million to build. CNBC's Deirdre Bosa interviews Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas and explains why the DeepSeek has raised alarms on whether America's global lead in AI is shrinking.
Idk about sustainability. It still requires massive computing infrastructure, which for now requires unsustainable ways of sourcing metals
What unsustainable ways of sourcing metals are you thinking about here?
rare earth mining
I think, unfortunately, REE mining is pretty far down the list of environmentally polluting extractive industries.
Not even using kids in the Congo to mine them.