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Season 1 Finale: Risks, Rewards, and Realities of Open vs. Closed AI

July 1, 2025·26 min·2 clips
DeepSeek delivered GPT-4 performance at a fraction of the cost, forcing the industry to rethink if bigger models are better.
Michael Marks interviews Senthil Kumar on the open vs closed AI development debate, sparked by DeepSeek's efficient model release. They explore technical, economic, and governance implications, including tiered openness, global standards, and AI's role in developing countries.

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A grounded look at how open and closed AI shape the frontier and its reach.

TechSurge treats open and closed AI as a question of power and incentives: who pays for breakthroughs, who spreads them, and who gets to steer the direction of intelligence.

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You want the economics behind open AI, not just another ideology fight today.

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