Why doesn't the US train a national open AI model? Reddit debates the DeepSeek playbook
Strange_Test7665 · reddit · 2026-11-14
A Reddit post asks: DeepSeek reportedly spent only $6M training 4.1 and published all its work, yet while the US government warns against trusting China, there is no national open-source model effort. The author argues training cost is trivial against the federal budget, and a national open model would solve security concerns and prevent monopolistic token pricing — 'why aren't we training a national open source model?' sparked debate.
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