DeepSeek's low-cost chatbot: Impact on energy and climate

DeepSeek's low-cost chatbot: Impact on energy and climate

Chinese artificial intelligence startup company DeepSeek stunned markets and AI experts with its claim that it built its immensely popular chatbot at a fraction of the cost of those made by American tech titans. That immediately called into question the billions of dollars U.S. tech companies are spending on a massive expansion of energy-hungry data centers they say are needed to unlock the...

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