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🚫 DeepSeek suppressed by Chinese government? - May 30th News Discussion
1. DeepSeek's R1-0528 Shows Heavy Government Censorship
- Updated reasoning model refuses 85% of politically controversial questions
- Dubbed "most censored model for criticism of Chinese government" despite performance gains
- Accuracy improved from 70% to 87.5% with reduced hallucinations, nearly matching OpenAI's o3
- Global concern about Chinese-influenced narratives spreading through open-source AI models
2. Perplexity Labs Delivers 10-Minute Project Completion
- New autonomous tool for Pro users creates reports, spreadsheets, and dashboards
- Combines web browsing, code execution, chart creation, and image generation
- Completes multi-day projects in minutes including ad strategies and financial analysis
- Functions as comprehensive research and analysis team replacement
3. Amazon-New York Times Partnership Powers Alexa
- Multi-year deal allows NYT content including Cooking and Athletic to train Alexa
- Proper attribution through article links addresses copyright concerns
- Partnership aims to make quality journalism more accessible while maintaining payment principles
Other Developments:
- UPS saves $400M annually using AI-powered ORION routing system with 10M+ gallons fuel reduction
- New AI tools: AngelQ (kid-safe browser), Alumnium (website test automation), BestCreator (content generation)
- Enterprise focus: Upscaile's AI audits saving 80,000+ manual work hours across 100+ companies
What's your perspective on these developments? Should Western developers be concerned about building on heavily censored Chinese AI models, or do the performance benefits outweigh potential bias risks?
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