DeepSeek and AI disruption
Context:
The new Chinese platform DeepSeek has taken the field of AI by storm overnight, resulting in a stock market plunge and loss of $1 Trillion in a day because of it.
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Rafid Mahmood (English only)
Assistant Professor, Telfer School of Management
Professor Mahmood's research focuses on the operational challenges of deploying and using artificial intelligence systems.
“It is exciting to see more competition in the generative AI landscape. The fact that DeepSeek has achieved such remarkable success at a low cost and made its methodology publicly available should spur all players to replicate their success and ideally, scale these methods to even bigger heights.”
Mayur Joshi ( English only)
Assistant Professor, Information Systems, Telfer School of Management
Professor's Joshi research unpacks how digital technologies (including AI) shape and are shaped by the fundamental practices, processes, and strategies of organizing.
“I am not surprised; neither by the fact that DeepSeek is built by utilizing much fewer resources nor by the fact that their initial model may not look as good as the others that have been there for some time now. The more interesting and important question we should all ask would be: How and where should we use generative AI?”
Jasmin Manseau( English & French)
Part Time Professor, Telfer School of Management
Professor Manseau's research has a particular interest in information systems, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence (AI) and explores interactions between humans and intelligent systems (e.g., chatbots, Amazon Alexa for Business).
“DeepSeek underscores the inevitability of developing AI applications more affordably and with shorter time-to-market, driven by AI democratization—the concept of generative AI and large language models is out there. DeepSeek’s innovative R1 model, developed at a fraction of the cost of market leaders, presents promising opportunities, which may be good news for smaller players such as Canadian AI companies. However, it also raises significant concerns about security and data sovereignty. The stock market impact highlights the urgent need for global collaboration on ethical standards and regulations for large language models like DeepSeek.”