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Steven Sinofsky
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What DeepSeek Means For The Future Of AI | Tech Veterans Weigh In
Steph SmithMartin CasadoSteven Sinofsky
DeepSeek R1’s permissive MIT-like license and released reasoning traces enable broad adoption and distillation into smaller models, shifting strategic advantage toward distribution and “AGI in your pocket.”Model value may migrate from benchmark leadership to stateful workflows as competitors catch up, while scale-out expands endpoints without eliminating hyperscale compute.The clearest policy signal is that chip and open-source restrictions did not prevent capable Chinese research, making faster domestic innovation and permissionless diffusion the unresolved US advantage.