Could it be that training is really expensive?
An industry trying to figure out how to cut expenses, reduces the pace of training under the guise of "safety".
Coincidence?
Deepseek was super cheap, it isn't that costly, they like big numbers because that grants higher valuation, so they circular finance it all
Deepseek was super cheap, it isn't that costly, they like big numbers because that grants higher valuation, so they circular finance it all