Recently, the domain name OGOpenAI.com was purchased by software engineer Annanai Arora for a low price and was redirected to DeepSeek, a Chinese AI laboratory, which attracted widespread attention. DeepSeek has made breakthrough progress in the field of open source AI recently. The AI model it released even surpassed OpenAI's o1 model in some benchmarks, and is free and offline, attracting many developers. This move is in sharp contrast with OpenAI's cautious model release strategy in recent years, and also highlights the competitive trend between China and the United States in the field of AI.
Recently, Ananay Arora, a software engineer, bought the domain name OGOpenAI.com for "less than a Chipotle meal" and redirected it to DeepSeek, an AI lab in China. This decision has attracted many attention because DeepSeek has made significant progress in the open source AI field recently and has become a hot topic.
The AI model released by DeepSeek is technically similar to the early OpenAI models, can be used offline and can be used for free by any developer with the corresponding hardware. This feature has made DeepSeek's products popular among many developers. Last week, the lab released an open version of its DeepSeek-R1 model, claiming to outperform OpenAI's o1 model in some benchmarks. This news has attracted widespread attention from AI enthusiasts.
In sharp contrast to DeepSeek, OpenAI currently appears relatively cautious when releasing its powerful models, especially in recent years few open source releases. This approach has sparked criticism from some industry insiders, even mentioned in Elon Musk's lawsuit, accusing OpenAI of not following its original non-profit mission.
Arora said the purchase of the domain was inspired by a now-deleted tweet posted by Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on the X platform, tweeting DeepSeek with early OpenAI Comparisons were made. He believes that redirecting the OGOpenAI.com domain name to DeepSeek is an interesting move.
DeepSeek joins the ranks of Chinese AI labs such as Alibaba's Qwen, which is also releasing open alternatives to the OpenAI model. Although the U.S. government has long tried to curb China's AI labs through chip export restrictions, if China's latest AI model can continue to attract attention, more measures will obviously be needed to deal with this competition.
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Annanai Arora purchases the OGOpenAI.com domain name and redirects to DeepSeek.
DeepSeek's AI model is considered to outperform OpenAI's o1 model in some benchmarks.
OpenAI has been criticized for failing to release a powerful model and faces doubts from the industry.
The rise of DeepSeek and the change of ownership of the OGOpenAI.com domain name reflects the increasingly fierce competition in the open source AI field and also indicates a diversified trend in the future development direction of AI technology. OpenAI's strategy and DeepSeek's open source model will have a profound impact on the future AI industry landscape.