Disclaimer: despite being reasonably tech savvy, I have zero experience with generative ai. I am, however, curious about Deepseek and how it affects things like Openai and Chatgpt.

How can they keep charging $ if DS is free?

This is a genuine question - educate me please.
EILI5 😄

January 25, 2025 - 14:49 UTC

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hey! happy to explain this in simple terms (as someone who works in AI)

think of it like phones - yes there are amazing open source phones out there, but most people still choose iphones because everything "just works" seamlessly

while DeepSeek V3 is technically free, you still need:

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expensive GPUs to run it
technical knowledge to set it up
deal with no official support
missing key features like image understanding
that's why most people stick with easy-to-use platforms. at

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