DeepSeek unearths Australia’s AI opportunity


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The arrival of a Chinese challenger shows Australia isn’t out of the AI arms race and could even carve out a dominant position in powering the technology, according to one of Australia’s leading AI experts.

DeepSeek disrupted the AI scene this week by releasing a genuine alternative to US giants like OpenAI that it built for a reported cost of US$5.6 million without the world’s best hardware.

It’s a fraction of the $US100 million spent to develop GPT-4 and triggered a near $1 trillion share wipeout of AI chip supplier Nvidia this week, while stealing attention from a Trump backed US push for dominance.

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