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		radicality 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its mode... I liked Matt Levine’s newsletter few days ago where he hypothesized scenarios where it’s much more profitable to short your competitors, then release a much better version of some widget completely free, and then profit $$$. Which is plausible here too, considering DeepSeek is made by a hedge fund.

freehorse 11 months ago | [–]

How would that work out here though? "Open"AI is not publicly traded. Any kind of shorting would be quite indirect.

greasegum 11 months ago | [–]

Came here to mention this too. Seem almost so obvious that I'm surprised this isn't the dominant angle.

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