My Daily AI & Markets Briefing

SOXL sinks 10%, DeepSeek's reported $15B raise, and the 8B-parameter question

My Daily AI & Markets Briefing

Show Notes

Chips crack again, China's top AI lab reportedly lands a giant war chest, and we break down the memory math behind an 8-billion-parameter model.

Markets: SOXL down 9.98% to $92.94, QQQ down 1.43% to $714.82, VGT down 1.51% to $120.41, VUG down 1.50% to $88.08.

AI news: DeepSeek reportedly raises $15 billion days after the US ordered federal agencies to remove its technology.

Interview Tip of the Day: What does it mean when someone says an 8-billion-parameter model?

Did You Know: How OpenAI held back GPT-2 in 2019 as too dangerous to release.

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