Ray Blanco:

Elon Musk Questions DeepSeek Microchip Claims

Elon Musk has questioned the microchip claims made by DeepSeek AI, a fast-emerging player in the artificial intelligence pool who is challenging the United States' control over the AI industry.

Deepseek's most dramatic claim is that it only needed 2,000 specialized chips from Nvidia to train its V3. This is in comparison to a reported 16,000 or more required to train other leading models, according to The New York Times.

However, Musk responded on X in agreement to a clip of Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, who said that DeepSeek actually has around 50,000 NVIDIA H100s that DeepSeek cannot talk about due to U.S. export controls on the chips they are skirting.

If DeepSeek's claims are actually true, and not lies as Musk asserts, its model could alter the AI market and provide a boost to China in the AI race. DeepSeek's AI Assistant, which is powered by DeepSeek-V3, has already overtaken the rival tool ChatGPT and become the top-rated free application available on the Apple App Store in the United States.

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Enrique Abeyta:

$TRUMP and $MELANIA Coins Fall Flat

Every day, I am proud to be an American. We are not perfect, though. And for as many steps forward we take as a nation, there are (unfortunately) some big steps backward. We also saw a couple of those last week. Let’s talk about them…

For starters, there were the mass pardons bestowed by outgoing President Joe Biden. Much more troubling than Biden’s pardons for Trump’s political foes was the fact that he also pardoned a vast swath of his FAMILY with less than 20 minutes left in his presidency.

Unfortunately, these actions came at the end of a weekend where we saw something similarly (if not more) disgraceful out of the Trump camp: On Friday, January 17 companies affiliated with Trump and his family released a Trump-themed meme coin with little or no fanfare.

What do I think of these crypto ventures? I think they are disgusting and gross. Public officials — especially the President — should be held to certain standards of behavior. The fact is, if we stop holding ourselves accountable, then we risk slipping into corruption and the political malaise that has led to the relative decline of the rest of the world's economies.

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James Altucher:

Quantum Computing 101 with Nicolas Alexandre Roussy Newton and Gavin Brennen

I have been dying to understand quantum computing. And listen, I majored in computer science. I went to graduate school for computer science. I was a computer scientist for many years. I’ve taken apart and put together conventional computers. But for a long time, I kept reading articles about quantum computing, and it’s like magic – it can do anything. Or so they say.

Quantum computing doesn’t follow the conventional ways of understanding computers. It’s a completely different paradigm. So, I invited two friends of mine, Nick Newton and Gavin Brennan, onto the latest episode of The James Altucher Show to help me get it. 

Nick is the COO and co-founder of BTQ Technologies, a company addressing quantum security issues. Gavin is a top quantum physicist working with BTQ. They walked me through the basics: what quantum computing is, when it’ll be useful, and why it’s already a security issue.

You’ll hear me asking dumb questions – and they were incredibly patient. Pay attention! Quantum computing will change everything, and it’s important to understand the challenges and opportunities ahead. Click below to hear Nick and Gavin explain it all.

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