Try Premium Member for Free with a 7-Day TrialEditor’s Note:Silicon Valley is reeling. A seismic shift in AI dominance is underway, and all eyes are on China. In January 2025, DeepSeek-R1—an open-source inference model from Chinese AI firm DeepSeek—sent shockwaves through the tech world by matching OpenAI’s top-tier performance at 1/30th the API cost, all while embracing full openness.With just $6 million, China built one of the world’s finest AI models, dwarfing the billions spent by Meta, Goog...