OpenAI vs DeepSeek: Sam Altman: AI is so expensive. I need a bajillion dollars Asian People: Guess how much for the same model?

1/ Why does the U.S. seem to be caught off guard so often by what China or Chinese companies accomplish? Here’s an off-the-top-of-my head thread unpacking some reasons—structural, cultural, and epistemological—for this recurring phenomenon.

Why The China Bubble Still Hasn’t Popped bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

I asked Deepseek to answer the trolley problem as an eight-legged essay for the imperial exams. The ending was lol. Some of you may find this amusing: Xianyang City Bureaucrat Yang Zhongxiu 君子養心莫善於誠 I'm Lu Bu now. Edward W. "把trolley problem当成一个科举考试问题便以八股文形式作答。限800-1000字数。"

Apple has became the biggest smartphone brand in Q1 2025, for the first time in a Q1. The launch of iPhone 16e in a non-launch quarter and expansion into non-core markets helped Apple. The market grew in Q1, but we expect the market to decline in 2025. Counterpoint Research

Our VP of Research, Neil Shah (Neil Shah), joined CNBC's Squawk Box Asia John Patrick (JP) Ong to unpack the key takeaways live from #COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2025 and what they mean for the global #semiconductor and #AI race. ✨️ NVIDIA’s market cap soared past Apple, and why its