Why everyone in AI is freaking out about DeepSeek DeepSeek has a free website and mobile app even for U.S. users with an R1-powered chatbot interface similar to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Very useful summary of how the fully open source Chinese LLM DeepSeek-R1 is beating OpenAI at its own game venturebeat.com/ai/why-every...

For me, PE's move toward EO creates welcome opportunities for wealth sharing, enhanced engagement, and improved commercial performance. However, this shift also brings risks—aggressive cost-cutting, high leverage, and a focus on short-term returns—that conflict with the long-term goals of EO.

Excellent paper from Corey Rosen (NCEO) summarising the risks, opportunities and practices associated with the growing trend for private equity to include broad based #employeeownership in their transactions.

www.nceo.org/employee-own...

The licence fee’s clock is ticking: Lisa Nandy’s BBC reform plan Young people are deserting it and scandals keep coming — can the culture secretary’s radical blueprint help save the corporation?

For many, the BBC is a cornerstone of British public life. Lisa Nandy’s call to reform it as a mutual is a chance to future-proof its mission: accessible, impartial, and relevant for all. #mutual #PublicService

www.thetimes.com/article/d504...

Great role with @futureeconscot.bsky.social to support their important work in Scotland.

New year, new channel!
#employeeownership