Why the AI world is suddenly obsessed with a 160-year-old economics paradox

Why the AI world is suddenly obsessed with a 160-year-old economics paradox

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Last week, news spread that a Chinese AI company, DeepSeek, had built a cutting-edge chatbot at a fraction of the cost of its American competitors. It sent the stock prices of American tech companies plummeting.

But Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put a happy…

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