China's new AI Chatbot is challenging U.S. tech dominance
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Good day, creatives
In today’s Newsletter:
1️⃣ Chinese DeepSeek outsmarts the U.S. Giants
2️⃣ Meta is pushing AI accounts
3️⃣ Kling has an upgrade
4️⃣ Prompt Fight: Happy new year 2025!
7️⃣ Video of the Week
8️⃣ Steal this Midjourney sref
Let’s go.
Chinese DeepSeek outsmarts the U.S. Giants
Two years after ChatGPT, China has released its own answer: DeepSeek 3, whose performance is comparable or even superior to that of its rival, but which costs less and is free to access.
Impressive scale: Built with 671B parameters and trained on 14.8T tokens in just two months.
Benchmark leader: Outperforms other open models and some closed models in coding competitions.
Cost-effective: Training cost of $5.5M, significantly lower than competitors.
Training quirk: Users have discovered the model occasionally identifies itself as ChatGPT, suggesting its training data may have included significant amounts of GPT-4 outputs.
Why this is important
It's a clear sign that China is now challenging the world in the field of artificial intelligence. But most notably, the company made a bold move by releasing its innovation as “open source,” meaning anyone around the world can copy the code and use it for free. This could undermine the ChatGPT model, which is becoming paid for its most advanced applications.
How do you feel about this new tool? Do you plan to use it?
Meta is pushing AI accounts
Meta announced this week they're opening the floodgates for AI-generated accounts across Facebook and Instagram, with tools that will help users create their own AI characters.
Why this is important
Users can now build AI characters through Meta's AI Studio, launched in July, following the success of AI influencers like Aitana Lopez who earns up to $10,000 monthly. Meta expects these AI accounts to exist alongside human accounts, with hundreds of thousands of characters already created (though most remain private).
Do you think this is a good idea?
Kling has an upgrade
Kling, one of the best AI Video Tools, has closed 2024 with a bunch of upgrades:
New Kolors 1.5 Model for image generation
Kling 1.6, a brand-new AI Video model
End Frame is live for its 1.5 model
New voices added to its Lip Sync feature.
Read more: The best AI Video models ranked: Top 6 tools for every use case
Prompt Fight: New Year!
Lets put the best AI Art Generators to the test with the same prompt:
The new year's atmosphere with the number "2025" written in glowing lights against a snowy and starry background. The depth of field effect creates a blurred background, while the blue and orange tones, sparkling particles, and bright light source contribute to a festive and colorful scene. The close-up lens and soft lighting create a warm and inviting atmosphere, perfect for celebrating the arrival of the new year.
Which one is the best for you?
Do you have a prompt you want me to test? Post in the comments!
Read more: Explore wondrous worlds with these 10 prompts for AI Art
AI Video of the week
@Eric520CC made a Star Wars video generated by VEO2 Text To Video.
Read more: Move over, Sora. Here comes the new leader in AI Video
Steal this Midjourney SREF code
To use it, add --sref 851734962 at the end of your prompt in Midjourney. Your images will be generated with this style.
Read more: These are the best 10 Midjourney SREF codes discovered in December