Vocabulary on 28th January 2025 (Words: 1. #SPREE; 2. #STYMIE; 3. #SPUTNIK; 4. #DEMOCRATISE)

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Word Meanings:

1. SPREE= মাতামাতি; a spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind; unrestrained bout(অনিয়ন্ত্রিত লড়াই); orgy(বেলেল্লাপনা); হৈ-হুল্লোড় করে ফুর্তি; পানোন্মত্ততা; মাতলামি(inebriation);  

2. STYMIE =কোণঠাসা করা; prevent or hinder the progress of; impede;  interfere; interfere with; hamper; hinder; obstruct; inhibit; thwart; foil; spoil; stall; shackle; fetter; stop; check; block; stall;

3. SPUTNIK= each of a series of Soviet artificial satellites;

4. DEMOCRATISE= গণতন্ত্রীকরণ করা; introduce a democratic system or democratic principles to;

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Sentences:’

1. DeepSeek claims to have used fewer chips than its rivals to develop its models, making them cheaper to produce and raising questions over a multibillion-dollar AI spending SPREE by US companies that has boosted markets in recent years.

2. DeepSeek’s success at building an advanced AI model without access to the most cutting-edge US technology has raised concerns about the efficacy of Washington’s attempts to STYMIE China’s hi-tech sector.

3. Marc Andreessen, a leading US venture capitalist, compared the launch of DeepSeek’s R1 model last Monday to a pivotal moment in the US-USSR space race, posting on X that it was AI’s “SPUTNIK moment” – referring to when the Soviet Union astounded its cold war rival by launching a satellite into orbit.

4. Dr Andrew Duncan, the director of science & innovation at the UK’s Alan Turing Institute, said the DeepSeek development was “really exciting” because it “DEMOCRATISED access” to advanced AI models by being an open source developer, meaning it makes its models freely available – a path also followed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta with its Llama model.