Elon Musk Questions China's DeepSeek, Blamed for Wiping Billions from US Stock Market

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:23pm on 28 Jan 2025,Tuesday International

Elon Musk expressed doubts about China's AI startup DeepSeek and its claims of using 10,000 Nvidia A100 GPUs. Musk believes DeepSeek likely has 50,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, agreeing with Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. The controversy comes as DeepSeek's AI threatens U.S. dominance, causing Nvidia’s market value to drop by $500 billion. Musk called the hype over DeepSeek exaggerated, replying “Lmao no” to claims of its App Store success. He also joked about DeepSeek’s origins, linking it to lab leaks in China. Musk’s comments add fuel to the ongoing debate on the U.S.-China AI competition.

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