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IO+'s week: innovation in times of change

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Published on January 26, 2025

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As editor-in-chief, Aafke is ultimately responsible for articles on our platform, but she also likes to get into the pen herself. She is also responsible for the content of our events. She likes nothing better than explaining complicated things in an accessible way and is fond of telling the story of the people behind the technology. 

This week was dominated by Trump's inauguration. The US president signed the first set of presidential orders Monday after his inauguration, from declaring a state of emergency on the southern border to pardons for Capitol stormtroopers. Big tech (including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jeff Bezos) sat in the front row during the ceremony—a big contrast to 2017.

In her column, Elcke dreams of a very different scenario - a nice change from the above news, if you ask me. We list what the tech world can expect from Trump's second term.

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Trump's second term: what can the tech world expect?

Later today, the inauguration of the elected US president Donald Trump will take place. From AI to semiconductors, what can the tech world expect from his second term?

The startup taking on the AI giants

Trump also announced $500 billion in investments in AI. According to the former Google CEO, the US was already far ahead of China regarding artificial intelligence development.

Noteworthy, then, is DeepSeek. This Chinese startup recently launched DeepSeek V3, an open-source language AI model capable of surpassing those of industry giants such as Open AI and Meta. DeepSeek is unique because it has developed a model with a fraction of the computing power required by large AI companies. You can read all about it here.

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Meanwhile, there was plenty of other news:

By the way, you can find us on Bluesky and Mastodon these days. Have a great week! 

Aafke Eppinga - editor-in-chief IO+