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Today in Focus

How DeepSeek stunned the AI industry

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Why is the US technology industry worried about Chinese company DeepSeek? Robert Booth reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:08.5

Today, our Chinese hedge fund boss created a chatbot that could change the world forever.

0:15.2

But at what cost?

0:19.0

People can't stop talking about Academy Award nominated for original screenplay.

0:22.5

September 5.

0:23.6

There's a hostage situation right now in the Olympic Village.

0:26.2

A claustrophobic masterpiece, The Times, Ed Potten.

0:29.2

ABC wants news to take over.

0:30.5

Your sports.

0:31.2

They're in way over your head.

0:32.3

Based on true events.

0:33.5

If they shoot someone on live television, whose story is that?

0:36.6

Is it ours or is it theirs?

0:37.9

A tot tense thriller, four stars, The Guardian, Peter Brettshaw.

0:41.1

Our job is to tell the story of these individuals.

0:43.6

What's happening?

0:44.6

Oh, God.

0:45.3

September 5 in Cinemas Thursday, cert 15.

1:02.0

Right. Don't tell the Guardian's technology security team, but I have just downloaded a new app.

1:07.7

It is free on the App Store. Number one for productivity, apparently. There are a lot of Chinese characters on the description. It's got an avatar of a very cheery-looking blue whale,

1:13.3

and it is promising me seamless interaction with an AI assistant.

1:18.4

Excellent. I've always fancied an assistant.

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