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title: DeepSeek is back... and Silicon Valley is terrified
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBByvFrqmWU
source: youtube-com-fireship
published: 2026-08-20T17:53:37Z
updated: 2026-09-08T19:40:50Z
first_seen: 2026-09-19T21:30:23.395188495Z
authors:
- Fireship
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Take BlueDot's Future of AI course for free - https://bluedot.org/fireship

OpenAI just paused its biggest training run in history just as things were getting interesting. Let's dive in.

#coding #programming

Want more Fireship?

🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev\
🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev