The stock market dipped on Monday in response to DeepSeek, a new open-source AI model from China that performs as well as a cutting-edge version of ChatGPT, while using far less computing power. The DeepSeek app surged to the most downloaded on Apple’s US App Store over the weekend. Bill Howe, associate professor in the Information School, can discuss the model’s impact and the importance of open-source AI. Contact Stefan Milne in UW News for an interview at stmilne@uw.edu.
