alt Hacker NewsThe choice is not binary. I use DeepSeek (paid) for coding, and Qwen (free) for casual stuff from the browser chat UI.
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orphea • today at 4:40 PM
Not binary, but the parent was talking about OpenAI vs Anthropic.
skizm • today at 3:34 PM
I mean paying for deepseek is sending money to China, and any company in China is pretty much an extension of the CCP (or can become one at the snap of their fingers). I don't think this is much better or worse than the American AI companies.
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lostmsu • today at 3:51 PM
Hm, Altman vs China. Peculiar choice.
surgical_fire • today at 4:08 PM
And honestly, DeepSeek is an excellent model.
I am having a better experience using DeepSeek than using Anthropic.
Wait, people actually pay for DeepSeek?