Monthly Archives: January 2025

DeepSeek: Don’t Panic

Posted on January 31, 2025 by TheZvi

As reactions continue, the word in Washington, and out of OpenAI, is distillation. They’re accusing DeepSeek of distilling o1, of ripping off OpenAI. They claim DeepSeek *gasp* violated the OpenAI Terms of Service! The horror. And they are very cross … Continue reading →

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AI #101: The Shallow End

Posted on January 30, 2025 by TheZvi

The avalanche of DeepSeek news continues. We are not yet spending more than a few hours at a time in the singularity, where news happens faster than it can be processed. But it’s close, and I’ve had to not follow … Continue reading →

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DeepSeek: Lemon, It’s Wednesday

Posted on January 29, 2025 by TheZvi

It’s been another *checks notes* two days, so it’s time for all the latest DeepSeek news. You can also see my previous coverage of the r1 model and, from Monday various reactions including the Panic at the App Store. Table … Continue reading →

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Operator

Posted on January 28, 2025 by TheZvi

No one is talking about OpenAI’s Operator. We’re, shall we say, a bit distracted. It’s still a rather meaningful thing that happened last week. I too have been too busy to put it through its paces, but this is the … Continue reading →

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DeepSeek Panic at the App Store

Posted on January 28, 2025 by TheZvi

DeepSeek released v3. Market didn’t react. DeepSeek released r1. Market didn’t react. DeepSeek released a f***ing app of its website. Market said I have an idea, let’s panic. Nvidia was down 11%, Nasdaq is down 2.5%, S&P is down 1.7%, … Continue reading →

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Stargate AI-1

Posted on January 24, 2025 by TheZvi

There was a comedy routine a few years ago. I believe it was by Hannah Gadsby. She brought up a painting, and looked at some details. The details weren’t important in and of themselves. If an AI had randomly put … Continue reading →

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AI #100: Meet the New Boss

Posted on January 23, 2025 by TheZvi

Break time is over, it would seem, now that the new administration is in town. This week we got r1, DeepSeek’s new reasoning model, which is now my go-to first choice for a large percentage of queries. The claim that … Continue reading →

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On DeepSeek’s r1

Posted on January 22, 2025 by TheZvi

r1 from DeepSeek is here, the first serious challenge to OpenAI’s o1. r1 is an open model, and it comes in dramatically cheaper than o1. People are very excited. Normally cost is not a big deal, but o1 and its … Continue reading →

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Sleep, Diet, Exercise and GLP-1 Drugs

Posted on January 21, 2025 by TheZvi

As always, some people need practical advice, and we can’t agree on how any of this works and we are all different and our motivations are different, so figuring out the best things to do is difficult. Here are various … Continue reading →

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Monthly Roundup #26: January 2025

Posted on January 20, 2025 by TheZvi

Some points of order before we begin the monthly: It’s inauguration day, so perhaps hilarity is about to ensue. I will do my best to ignore most forms of such hilarity, as per usual. We shall see. My intention is … Continue reading →

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