All I wanted was a digital rendering of Brock Purdy if he were a foot taller and had 50 more pounds of muscle on him, but NOOOOOOOOOO. No, apparently the great AI revolution can only produce “art” of Donald Trump crossing the Delaware River with a bald eagle bursting out of his muscle-bound chest.

If artificial intelligence can truly run more efficiently, the power it needs might be less than experts assume.

The Chinese startup DeepSeek has sent shockwaves throughout the AI world with the release of its less-resource-intensive AI chatbot, calling into question the amount of power and financial investment needed to develop the technology.