DeepSeek, Deep Research, and 2025 Predictions with Sarah and Elad

This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad celebrate the 100th episode! They dive into the biggest AI stories of 2025, breaking down DeepSeek—truth vs. hype, the rapid consumer adoption, and the real cost of training the models. They debate model commoditization and the value of being a frontier model provider vs. building on existing work. Plus, they unpack OpenAI’s new Deep Research release and the latest on Stargate. Finally, they share bold predictions for 2025, covering robots, autonomous vehicles, local AI models, emerging data-generation strategies, and reasoning breakthroughs.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 DeepSeek
5:38 Are models commoditizing?
8:33 DeepSeek’s consumer adoption
9:16 OpenAI’s Deep Research release
13:30 Stargate
15:04 Elad & Sarah’s Predictions for 2025