Meta, DeepSeek & AI Creativity — The Tech Wars of 2025

In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie dive into the explosive debate around China’s DeepSeek AI model, which wiped out a trillion dollars in U.S. market value in a single day. They also explore a Harvard study showing that AI tutors can more than double student engagement and learning gains, and the latest update from the U.S. Copyright Office, which ruled that AI-assisted works can be copyrighted (with a few conditions)

In this Episode:

• Meta’s new AI personalization feature and what it means for users’ privacy.
• The potential risks of AI-generated misinformation and its growing impact on global politics.
• How AI is changing enterprise solutions, from automating workflows to improving customer interactions.

• Unitree H1 robots perform Yangge dance at China's New Year Gala.
• AI-powered dancing robots showcase China's advances in robotics.
• Harvard AI tutor doubles student engagement in physics.
• DeepSeek R1 model shakes up AI efficiency.
• Nvidia Project Digits and open-source innovation.
• AI tutor significantly boosts learning gains.
• AI surpasses traditional teaching in engagement.
• Tesla Roadster launched into space in 2018.
• Tesla mistaken for an asteroid by astronomers.
• Meta AI’s personalization enhances user experience.
• OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. agencies.
• OpenAI collaborates with U.S. National Labs.
• AI-assisted works require human creativity for copyright.
• Copyright Office clarifies AI-generated content rules.