Future of AI: DeepSeek’s Transformative Impact

What if a small startup transformed the future of artificial intelligence in the blink of an algorithm?

This conversation explores the transformative impact of DeepSeek, a groundbreaking AI chatbot that has disrupted the AI landscape by offering competitive performance at a fraction of the cost of its counterparts. Plus, DeepSeek’s open source model offers transparency and crowdsourced improvements while providing greater access to AI technology for developers and even nations.  Experts discuss the innovations behind DeepSeek, its implications for the future of AI, and the broader trends and challenges in AI development, including its role in scientific discovery, the potential for agentic AI and the possibility of a “zero click” future.

The conversation features insights from Param Vir Singh, the Associate Dean for Research and Carnegie Bosch Professor of Business Technologies and Marketing at CMU’s Tepper School of Business; and Graham Neubig, an Associate Professor at the CMU Language Technology Institute in the School of Computer Science.