Comment by SubiculumCode
7 hours ago
Yeah, the discounted deepseek inference is subsidized by the CCP for a reason, and it's one that might well come back to bite.
7 hours ago
Yeah, the discounted deepseek inference is subsidized by the CCP for a reason, and it's one that might well come back to bite.
> deepseek inference is subsidized by the CCP
What is that claim based on?
Check the pricing on OpenRouter. V4 Pro is twice as expensive from the next cheapest provider and 3.5x as expensive for fp8 (as opposed to fp4) from a US provider.
But I assume they're just harvesting training data since there's par for the course. There are also a handful of US labs offering free access for that exact reason.
There is no evidence it is subsidized. Actually, there is evidence that (1) electricity is cheap in China & (2) deepseek is a very efficient model.
Well, many people don't have very warm feelings for American LLM providers so they don't care. (Which matters because, at least anecdotally, they do care when buying a new car.)