DeepSeek Ends Cheap AI: Bangladesh Freelancers Face Rising Costs
Eighteen months after igniting an open-weight AI boom, DeepSeek has quadrupled peak API rates ahead of an IPO, leaving Bangladesh's 650,000 freelancers and emerging tech labs to navigate rising compute costs.
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