DeepSeek Expands Business Scope in Potential Shift Towards Monetization

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has updated its business registry information with key changes to personnel and operational scope, signaling a shift towards monetizing its cost-efficient-yet-powerful large language models. From a report: The Hangzhou-based firm's updated business scope includes "internet information services," according to business registry service Tianyancha. The move is the first sign of DeepSeek's desire to monetise its popular technology, according to Zhang Yi, founder and chief analyst at consultancy iiMedia.

With eyes on developing a business model, DeepSeek intends to shift away from being purely focused on research and development, Zhang added. "The move reflects that for a company like DeepSeek, which managed to accumulate technology and develop a product, monetisation is becoming a necessary next step," Zhang said. DeepSeek's previous business scope said it engages in engineering and AI software development, among others, hinting at a more research-driven approach.

I am old and lazy, so I have not learned AI

[ndsurvivor]

From what I understand, it is a statically approach to figure out what comes next, from one word to another, or from coding software, what statistically should come next? Years ago I had that insight that it is what intelligence is, and in my minds eye I was "seeing" huge graphs with 'bumps' in it where the next word should appear. I have no way to explain my consciousness though, I feel self aware, I am not sure where that comes into play, but we seem to be in a god like age now and perhaps self awar

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[Morromist]

How do you imagine statistically figuring out what word comes next in a search will lead to self-awareness?

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[ndsurvivor]

That is an .. what is the word? extensional. an existential question.

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[Local ID10T]

From what I understand, it is a statically approach to figure out what comes next, from one word to another, or from coding software, what statistically should come next?

This is what a Large Language Model (LLM) does. It is a prediction engine. It predicts what is likely to come next based on context and previous tokens. It has many applications, from text to graphics to music.. with varying quality of results.

LLMs are part of the field of AI. Much the same as Multiplication is part of the field of Mathematics. It is not the whole thing.

Many try to conflate LLMs with Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), either to hype their LLM as something more than it is, or to poi

Ummm, DUUUUHHH

[stolidobserver]

Of course they are monetizing. That's what all the recent marketing was about. Every single "article" was nothing but an ad for their product. I feel like this should be common knowledge by now.