Summary
Alibaba has launched Qwen 2.5-Max, an AI model it claims outperforms DeepSeek-V3, OpenAI’s GPT-4o, and Meta’s Llama-3.1-405B.
The release, coinciding with Lunar New Year, reflects mounting competition in China’s AI sector after DeepSeek’s rapid rise.
DeepSeek’s recent advancements have pressured Chinese rivals like ByteDance and Baidu to upgrade their models and cut prices.
DeepSeek’s founder downplays price wars, focusing on artificial general intelligence (AGI). The company’s lean, research-focused structure contrasts with China’s tech giants, which face challenges in AI innovation.
Well, the models start comin’ and they don’t stop comin’…
The US tech sector has just been completely disrupted. Turns out decades of slashing public education and demonizing “liberal” colleges is starting to catch up. Even Elmo himself said that H1B visas are critical because the US simply isn’t producing enough talent, but he and the other tech billionaires didn’t realize that money can’t buy everything, as they are now being shown with their pants down.
Got my RTX, gonna hit the ground runnin’…
Didn’t make sense just to train for fun.
Gonna steal some data it’s free to learn
I read this entire comment synced to smashmouth lmao
Get off muh swamp!