Why China's DeepSeek AI is such a big deal

The Indicator from Planet Money

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🗓️ 24 January 2025

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Indicators of the Week unpacks numbers from the news. This week, we delve into what President Trump's first AI announcement reveals about the economics of the industry, a Chinese company's answer to OpenAI, and the reason why Prince Harry may have settled with Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

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0:00.0	NPR.
0:11.5	This is the indicator from Planet Money.
0:13.9	I'm Daryan Woods.
0:14.9	I'm Waylon Wong, and joining us today is Planet Money's very own Jeff Glow.
0:23.5	Hello, Jeff. Always nice to be here, Wayron.
0:31.1	It is time for indicators of the week. Our look at the numbers from around the news. This week, we have figures from President Trump's first major AI announcement. We've also got Chinese AI makers making waves.
0:38.5	And a royal settlement with some eye-popping details.
0:42.3	That's all after the break.
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1:34.3	What's in store for the music, TV, and film industries for 2025? We don't know, but we're making
1:40.8	some fun, bold predictions for the new year. Listen now to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR.
1:48.7	It's Indicators of the Week.
1:50.4	Darian, you're up first today.
1:52.1	My indicator is $500 billion.
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