Deep-dive into DeepSeek

Practical AI

There is crazy hype and a lot of confusion related to DeepSeek’s latest model DeepSeek R1. The products provided by DeepSeek (their version of a ChatGPT-like app) has exploded in popularity. However, ties to China have raised privacy and geopolitical concerns. In this episode, Chris and Daniel cut through the hype to talk about the model, privacy implications, running DeepSeek models securely, and what this signals for open models in 2025.

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Featuring:

• Chris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Daniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Daniel’s blog post on DeepSeek
• DeepSeek R1 on Hugging Face
• DeepSeek

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Practical AI (00:00:00)

2. Fully connected (00:00:44)

3. DeepSeek R1 (00:02:51)

4. "Some Chinese startup" (00:05:43)

5. Using it (00:08:18)

6. Sponsor: Notion (00:15:40)

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7. Security (00:17:56)

8. Not all DeepSeek code (00:25:16)

9. Reservations (00:27:29)

10. Bias (00:28:36)

11. Sponsor: Domo (00:31:43)

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12. Technicalities (00:33:04)

13. Creative training (00:38:49)

14. Distilled versions (00:40:47)

15. The real impact (00:43:38)

16. Outro (00:49:33)