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🐳 "ChatGPT just lost its job to AI." How Did Chinese DeepSeek Blow Up the AI Industry? Who created the free ChatGPT competitor, is DeepSeek's arrival changing the AI race, and what's next? Let's get into the main topic of the week. ➡️ DeepSeek was founded by entrepreneur Liang Wenfeng in May 2023. A few years before, Wenfeng co-founded High-Flyer, a hedge fund that uses AI for stock trading. ➡️ The company's first AI models were better and cheaper than the other Chinese ones. At the end of 2024, DeepSeek entered the international competition with the V3 model, which showed results at the level of GPT-4o and Claude-3.5 Sonnet. We covered the V3 in detail here. ➡️ Soon, on January 20, the reasoning DeepSeek-R1 was released. It is as good as OpenAI o1 in most benchmarks and superior in some. Also, R1's API access is much cheaper. ➡️ By January 27, the DeepSeek app became the most popular app on iOS and Android in the U.S., displacing ChatGPT. Big Tech's stocks dropped down. ➡️ Nvidia suffered the most. Its shares fell by about 17%, its capitalization — by almost $600 billion. This was the largest collapse in a day for a single company. 💲 How Much Did the DeepSeek Models Cost? We don't know. The training of V3, which the R1 is based on, cost $5.6 million. This figure does not account for the expenses related to pre-launch activities or the compute cluster comprising 2,048 Nvidia H800 GPUs. 🔐 Security. Conspiracies. Censorship. Wiz discovered that DeepSeek's database, including some chat logs, was in the public domain. The backdoor was promptly covered up. Elon Musk and Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang suspect that DeepSeek has more GPUs, but the company is hiding the real numbers because of U.S. export restrictions. Microsoft is investigating information about DeepSeek may have abused the use of the OpenAI API in training its model. However, there is no evidence of any of this yet. DeepSeek stores data in China, which has alarmed ordinary users and the U.S. authorities. The service is prone to censorship: DeepSeek's models often don't answer questions about China's domestic politics. On the other hand, DeepSeek is an open model: anyone can deploy it locally and without restrictions. For example, Perplexity AI-powered web search had integrated R1: without censorship or sending prompts to China.

📌 You can use DeepSeek-R1 with Perplexity search in our bot! 1️⃣ Go to @GPT4AgentsBot and type the command /deepseek 2️⃣ Click 🔘 Activate button 50 uses per day is included in the "Premium Max" plan.

🔜 What's Next? OpenAI released the new o3-mini model. "It's fast, cheap, smart, and designed to crush DeepSeek," —Wired writes about o3-mini. The real question now isn't whether Chinese startups can create a competitor to the o3-mini or a major version of the o3, but rather how quickly they will do it. So, whose AI is the best today? ❤️ — ChatGPT 🐳 — DeepSeek 🔥 — Other: Gemini, Claude…

🚘 Tesla Robotaxi to Launch in June Tesla is set to launch its first autonomous robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in June 2025, utilizing its "unsupervised" Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology in vehicles operating without human drivers. Read More

☄️ Asteroid Carries Seeds of Life Based on reports from NASA and Business Insider, samples collected from asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx mission have revealed the presence of key ingredients for DNA and RNA, along with evidence of ancient water, potentially shedding light on the origins of life in our solar system. Read More

📱 Apple Partners With SpaceX To Offer Starlink According to recent reports, Apple has partnered with SpaceX and T-Mobile to integrate Starlink satellite connectivity into iPhones, starting with the iOS 18.3 update. This collaboration expands Apple's satellite communication capabilities, allowing select iPhone users to access text messaging services via Starlink satellites when cellular coverage is unavailable. Read More

Interstellar Travel with Electron Beams Scientists are studying a groundbreaking way to reach other stars using extremely fast-moving beams of electrons. By taking advantage of powerful particle accelerators and a phenomenon called the “relativistic pinch effect,” they hope to propel spacecraft to speeds close to the speed of light. This could make missions to places like Alpha Centauri possible in around 40 years. However, researchers still face big hurdles—such as how to convert energy effectively, maintain beam stability, and build the necessary infrastructure in space—before this bold vision becomes a reality. Read More

Ultra-Fast Cancer Treatment Developed FLASH radiotherapy, a groundbreaking cancer treatment, delivers ultra-high dose radiation in just milliseconds. It has the potential to transform cancer treatment by improving the control of tumors while greatly reducing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Read More

Happy Birthday, @GPT4Telegrambot 🔴 We launched this bot on the 26th of January, exactly two years ago, as a fun project for ourselves and our friends. Since then, it has grown far beyond our expectations: ➡️ 19.2 million people worldwide have used the bot. ➡️ More than 4 million use it every month, and 1 million use it daily. ➡️ The bot has answered 1.037 billion questions, generated millions of images, and created tens of thousands of songs and video clips. We have plenty of new ideas on the way. Thank you for using the bot, sharing your feedback, and helping us grow it into what it is today 👍

📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from the fourth week of 2025. ▎MAIN NEWS 💫 Donald Trump has unveiled The Stargate Project: a monumental AI infrastructure initiative valued at $500 billion by a joint venture of OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX. 💻 OpenAI and Perplexity have introduced AI agents capable of handling everyday tasks. They can book dinner, call a ride, draft emails, set reminders, and more. ▎SAVE THIS — IT'S HELPFUL 📱 Top 5 free AI services for summarizing YouTube videos. ▎TO READ 🦣 Texas startup Colossal, which plans to revive mammoths and dodos, has raised $200 million in a new funding round. 🖥 Who makes AI more human: Amanda Askell, an ethicist at Anthropic. 🤩 EvieAI: the new medical chatbot with an answer accuracy of 99%. 🤩 GPT-4b micro: AI model from OpenAI and Retro Biosciences searches for the key to life extension. 🖥 MIT researchers have set a new world record in quantum computing. ⚛️ A Canadian student has launched a nuclear fusion reaction in his kitchen in 36 hours using AI. 🟢 How Nvidia will train androids to live in our world, explained the company's CEO Jensen Huang. Ⓜ️ Meta plans to invest $65 billion in AI by 2025. ▎TO WATCH 📽️ The 2013 movie "Her" is set in 2025. Have we already arrived at that futuristic reality? ▎HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🔴 @GPT4Telegrambot is two years old today. During this time, the bot has answered over 1 billion questions for 19.2 million users. Thank you for being with us 👍

Ⓜ️ Meta Plans Massive AI Spend Meta Platforms has announced plans to invest $65 billion in artificial intelligence by 2025, nearly doubling its 2024 AI spending, to enhance its infrastructure, develop advanced models like Llama 4, and expand its AI capabilities across platforms like Facebook and Instagram. This ambitious strategy includes constructing a massive data center in Louisiana, scaling GPU capacity, and launching Meta AI. Read More

🚘 New Tesla Model Y Unveiled Tesla has unveiled its significantly updated 2025 Model Y, featuring Cybertruck-inspired styling, improved aerodynamics, and enhanced interior amenities, with deliveries in the United States set to begin in March 2025 at a starting price of $59,990 for the Long Range AWD Launch Series variant. Read More

💻 OpenAI Launches Operator Agent OpenAI has unveiled Operator, an advanced AI agent designed to autonomously perform a wide range of web-based tasks, from coding and data analysis to online shopping and social media management, all while incorporating robust safety measures, user-friendly natural language processing, and a tiered rollout strategy for early access. Read More

🖱 Perplexity has launched the Assistant to Android users. Assistant uses reasoning, search, and apps to help with daily tasks ranging from simple questions to multi-app actions. You can book dinner, find a forgotten song, call a ride, draft emails, set reminders, and more. Assistant is multimodal, so you can tell it to turn on the camera and ask about what you see in front of you or on your screen. Install the free Perplexity app on Play Store.

UK Supercomputer Develops AI Vaccines Isambard-AI, a £225 million supercomputer at the University of Bristol, is transforming medical research with its ability to develop vaccines for diseases like Alzheimer's, enhance treatments for conditions such as heart disease and cancer, and improve melanoma detection across diverse skin tones. Set to launch by Summer 2025, it blends powerful computing with sustainable design—boosting the UK’s leadership in AI-driven healthcare. Read More

⚡️ The Stargate Initiative Donald Trump has officially unveiled the “Stargate” project, a monumental AI infrastructure initiative valued at $500 billion. Backed by a joint venture of OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX, the program will construct a nationwide network of data centers in the U.S. The first data center, planned for Texas in 2026, could reach nearly one gigawatt of electricity—enough to power 750,000 small homes. SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son will serve as Chairman of the Board, OpenAI’s Sam Altman will lead operations, and Oracle will provide cloud expertise under Larry Ellison’s guidance. MGX, a Middle Eastern venture fund, will also contribute significant investment. Industry heavyweights NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Arm will collaborate on the project’s technical infrastructure. With this bold move, Stargate is positioned to transform America’s AI landscape and create tens of thousands of new jobs. Read More

🟠 Mars' Ancient Ocean Remnants Recent research has revealed that over 15,000 mysterious mounds scattered across Mars' Chryse Planitia region may be the remnants of ancient highlands eroded by water billions of years ago. According to scientists at the Natural History Museum, these clay-rich formations could provide crucial insights into Mars' watery past and potentially answer questions about the existence of a Martian ocean. Read More

MIT Sets World Record in Quantum Computing MIT researchers have set a new world record in quantum computing by creating an extremely accurate superconducting qubit, called fluxonium, with a fidelity of 99.998%. In simpler terms, this means that the qubit—one of the basic building blocks of a quantum computer—worked correctly more than 99.998% of the time. This milestone, described in MIT News, is an important step toward making quantum computers more reliable and powerful, thanks to improvements in error correction and the potential for fault-tolerant machines. Read More 📱 Why Quantum Tech Is the Future

📣 Hello everyone! Our Sunday digest features the most exciting AI news from the third week of 2025. ▎SAVE THIS — IT'S HELPFUL 🔴 The OpenAI o1 reasoning model is now on @GPT4Telegrambot. 👩‍💻 How to create your unique image style on Midjourney. ▎SPACE NEWS 🚀 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit. 🖤 SpaceX has launched the seventh flight of its Starship rocket. ☀️ China has announced a plan to build a solar power station in space by 2050. ▎TO READ 🚘 China has launched the first AI-driven automotive factory. 🎾 The Australian Open 2025 shows live translation with 3D avatars instead of real players. 💰 Nvidia invested over $1 billion in AI startups in 2024. 🖥 What is "machine psychology," and can it lead us to AGI? 🌐 Titans: Google's new family of AI architectures with human-like memory. 🤖 What jobs can ChatGPT replace: teachers, political scientists, and psychologists. 🧠 Elon Musk's Neuralink has implanted its brain-computer interface device in a third patient. ▎INTERVIEW 📼 Mark Zuckerberg: on censorship, the future of AR and parenting. 🛸 Astrophysicist Adam Frank: on the Solar System colonization and the extraterrestrial life. 📱 Bob McGrew, former Director of Research at OpenAI: on key AI challenges. Enjoy your Sunday 👍

Trump Launches Meme Coin $TRUMP US President-elect Donald Trump launched a Solana-based meme coin called $TRUMP on January 17, 2025, just days before his second inauguration, sparking excitement in the cryptocurrency world. According to CoinMarketCap, the price of $TRUMP has risen to a market cap of over $7 billion shortly after launch. Read More

OpenAI Develops GPT-4b Micro OpenAI and Retro Biosciences have partnered to develop GPT-4b micro, an AI model designed to enhance stem cell production efficiency. As reported by TechCrunch, this collaboration aims to extend human life expectancy by leveraging AI to redesign proteins crucial for cellular reprogramming. Read More

🦣 $200M Raised for Woolly Mammoth De-Extinction Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based startup focused on de-extinction, has successfully raised $200 million in Series C funding, bringing its valuation to a staggering $10.2 billion. The company aims to revive extinct species like the woolly mammoth using advanced genetic engineering. The dream of bringing back these iconic creatures is becoming increasingly feasible. Read More