<p>The emergence of Chinese AI startup DeeSeek upended Silicon Valley earlier this week, punching a massive $1 trillion hole through the tech industry. The company's highly efficient yet competitive "reasoning' model dubbed R1 suggested that Wall Street may be massively overspending for no reason. DeepSeek rattled employees at ChatGPT maker OpenAI, causing a major rift among the company's staff. As Wired reports, insiders are concerned that OpenAI could soon fall behind DeepSeek, in part due to a power struggle between the company's research and product groups. While OpenAI's latest o1 "reasoning" model gets the most attention, "leadership doesn’t care about […]</p>