now. >> the entire ai industry in the united states and around the world has been thinking about high level computation and big

data centers and a lot of energy use and chips. and now they're thinking maybe not. >> a new player in the ai game causes quite a stir and sends tech stocks tumbling. the chinese app deep seek soars to the number one spot on the apple app store in the us, sparking worries about our country's spot in the ai race. and the bird flu outbreak enters a new phase. a california duck farm is now linked to the first case of a rare strain of the virus in poultry. good afternoon. thanks for joining us for abc seven news at three i'm kristen z. this new outbreak was detected on a merced county farm. the world organization for animal health made the announcement this morning. this is the first confirmed case of the new h5n1 strain in poultry in the united states. authorities said. the discovery of the new strain came alongside the more common strain on the same duck farm, and the new outbreak is raising more concerns about the cost of eggs and the government's response.

abc news reporter reena roy has the latest. >> egg prices are skyrocketing in the u.s. as bird flu affects the nation's egg supply. >> i couldn't believe it. we just bought eggs and they were like 11, $12. >> at least 36 million egg laying chickens have been killed in recent months to prevent the spread of the virus. local officials suspect bird flu may be to blame. in brockton, massachusetts, where dead swans were discovered in this pond. the park shutting down to the public. workers on this long island, new york farm say they're euthanizing nearly 100,000 ducks after bird flu was detected there. and now, for the first time, a different, rarer subtype of the virus has been found on a duck farm in merced county. >> we need better surveillance on farms. we need better surveillance in the livestock because we need to know where this virus is spreading. >> but the trump administration has ordered the cdc and other federal health agencies to pause most external communication, at least through the end of the month, meaning they're limited to communications only, deemed

related to emergencies, or critical to preserving health. >> you disable your smoke alarm or your smoke detector. federal data is critical because first, it's a fast moving outbreak. second, the outbreak involves multiple states. >> the cdc's weekly report, which they've put out for more than 60 years, was not published during trump's first week in office. as a result, a new study relating to bird flu was among the topics not reported by the cdc last week. and so far, the cdc says more than 60 people have been infected with the virus, with one case turning deadly. experts warn there are likely even more that have gone unreported. but for now, health officials stress the risk to humans is low, with no evidence of person to person spread. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> now to the latest developments from washington as the new trump administration enters week two. pete hegseth, the newly confirmed defense secretary, is now on the job and vowing to help president trump with his policies along the southern border. abc's perry

russom has more. >> defense secretary pete hegseth arriving for his first day at the pentagon. >> the protection of the sovereign territory of the united states is the job of the defense department. >> for the first time in u.s. history, military planes are being used to deport undocumented immigrants. >> we helped move forward. troops put in more barriers and also to ensure mass deportations. >> immigration crackdowns launched from coast to coast, including in chicago, where officials say immigration and customs enforcement, alongside dea agents, are conducting enhanced targeted operations. some state and local governments vowing not to assist in the raids. >> here to give guidance. we also want to make it abundantly clear that we're expecting the rule of law to be respected, as well as the constitutional rights of our residents. >> in many places. anxiety over the raids. >> i had a four year old crying. fearing deportation. that is

making america great again. i'm already heartbroken myself, and i can't really imagine little kids whose families are breaking apart because of this. >> officials for ice say they made more than 1200 arrests over the weekend. nationwide last year, ice averaged more than 300 a day. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> we are learning that president trump plans to sign two executive orders to reshape the military. the first order will reinstate service members removed from the military for refusing the covid 19 vaccine, restore their rank and provide back pay. the second executive order will have the department of defense make a policy regarding transgender service members based on readiness. it does not put an immediate ban on trans service members. there are many changes happening in the trump administration. we're keeping track of the first 100 days. at abc seven news.com and on the abc seven bay area app. as los angeles continues to recover from recent wildfires,

there is now concern over heavy rain triggering mudslides. look at this slide from over the weekend along topanga canyon road, not far from the devastation of the palisades fire. rain drenched the burn scar of the fire zone that dislodged debris, sending us sliding on sunday. on the flip side, rain has led to the containment of the palisades fire jumping to 94%. now it's burned more than 23,000 acres in the san gabriel valley. containment of the eaton fire that burned more than 14,000 acres across parts of altadena jumped to 98%. a stretch of interstate five in northern l.a. county is back open this afternoon. snow forced part of that freeway along the grapevine to close overnight. you might remember, just last week, i-5 was closed in the same area due to a fire. here's a live look at what part of the grapevine looks like right now. that snow we saw in the middle earlier today has melted at this point, with the sun warming it up. the tejon

pass is now open in both directions as well. turning now to our forecast. certainly we started out quite chilly as well, but things are now warming up in the afternoon. let's check in with abc seven weather anchor spencer christian. hey, spencer. >> hey, kristen. yes, we had frost and freeze alerts this morning. it's expired at 9 p.m. looking at the satellite radar image, you see that area of low pressure down to the south in southern california, producing interesting weather down there. cold air on the backside of that system producing some snowfall over the grapevine, as you pointed out. but here in the bay area right now, we are warming up a bit to around 60, 62 degrees. 63 in the warmest spots, like sonoma o 66 even higher. now temperatures are rising 66 in santa rosa and in saint helena, mount saint helena. but you can see that it's going to be cold again as we get into the nighttime weather. so here's a look at our forecast headlines. morning frost and freeze alerts will continue through thursday. rain returns to the bay area starting on friday, and the weekend outlook calls for more showers

likely. so let's talk about the cold air alert for tomorrow morning from 1 a.m. to 9 a.m. we have a frost advisory in effect for virtually all of the bay area, including the bay shoreline except the coast. and we have a frost, a freeze warning in effect for the eastern santa clara hills now down to that area. low temperatures will drop as low as 28 degrees in the area of the frost advisory, which is pretty much the remainder of the bay area. lows will drop down to about 32 degrees during the overnight hours. you can see here it's going to be very cold again overnight, and that pattern will continue for the next several mornings. so as we look at the accuweather seven day forecast, you can see after a relatively mild afternoon tomorrow, temperatures drop during the daytime as well. so wednesday, thursday, friday looks like will be very cool days. rain returns on friday, the first weekend in february, saturday and sunday. looks like we'll get some more rain. so wet weather is finally returning and we need it. so we've been so dry for most of january. we will welcome the rainfall coming our way at the end of the week.

kristen. >> yeah, that's very true. spencer. thank you. and we continue to follow the situation at sonoma state university. after the school announced major cuts last week, including the elimination of all sports to balance its budget. now, one group is fighting to save the athletics program. save seawolves athletics has filed a civil rights complaint with the u.s. department of education, according to the chronicle. the group claims the cuts unfairly target a student body that is diverse, and university officials did not take into account how the decision will impact athletes or faculty. they are pushing for the decision to be reversed. a spokesperson for sonoma state says they are aware of the complaint and reviewing it. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is following the story, and we'll have much more on abc seven news at four. hundreds of parents in vallejo are wondering when they'll be able to send their kids back to school. over the weekend, somebody stole enough copper wiring from solano whitman leadership academy that it took out the entire electrical system. the campus is

closed until the district can make repairs. the vallejo city unified school district superintendent tells those repairs could cost up to $250,000, and the work may take a few days, or possibly the whole week. meantime, the school staff is working out of the district headquarters to come up with alternative learning plans. >> best case scenario, the power is back up in a day or two. then we the disruption is somewhat minimal as far as how long we have to go. our teachers, like i said, are working really diligently to ensure students have work available to them. we know it's a stress on our families and that's really challenging. >> the school district is also preparing for the possibility of repairs taking longer than a week. if that happens, they may temporarily relocate students to other facilities. police tell us no arrests have been made. investigators are reviewing surveillance video to try to identify who's responsible. this evening, the vallejo police department is looking for the public's input as they start implementing reforms. vallejo pd

says they're looking to hear about residents experiences with the police force. the reforms come as part of an agreement between vallejo pd and the california department of justice. the session will be in person at the vallejo city hall from 6 to 7:30 p.m. up next, a volatile start to the week on wall street. tech stocks sank as a new chinese app gains momentum. why it's sparking fears in the u.s a team can help you plan for your dreams. so your dream car, and vacation home, may be closer than you think. ready to meet the dream team? you can with wells fargo.

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soared to the top of the apple app store. here's a look at the closing numbers. the dow managed to rebound, but the s&p 500 and the nasdaq closed the day in the red. you can see the tech heavy nasdaq, where the ai related companies are traded, fell more than 600 points on the day. so what is deep seek and why is this ai assistant sending shockwaves throughout the silicon valley and the global market? and why should we care even if we don't work in tech? joining us live now is uc berkeley computer science professor and co-founder of databricks, a san francisco based company whose platform helps organizations handle massive amounts of data. ian stoica. ian, thank you so much for being on with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> look, the number one downloaded app right now is a chinese built ai model. as we said, it's called deep seek. to say it's shaking things up is really an understatement. what is it? is it similar to chatgpt? >> yes, it's similar with gpt has the same architecture. so it's fundamentally very similar.

however, it has a lot of improvements in various dimensions, which makes it much more efficient, much more effective, provides the same kind of accuracy in answering your queries like say, chatgpt, but it's doing that much cheaper. >> right? and that is the stunning part, isn't it, how little it allegedly costs to build it. the chinese company says it took only a little over $5 million. explain why that's stunning and how it compares to how much u.s. companies spend building their ai technologies. >> so, like anything, these things are here a little bit complicated. first of all, there are two parts of it. it's about training a model on the data. and once you have the model, you serve the model. and here is where the model receives a query from you and provides you an answer. so when we are talking about how cheap is deep seek, we

are talking about serving cost very little. to render an answer to your questions. the number 5.6 million they are providing is for training. and training is traditionally it's also cost a lot, a lot of money. hundreds of million dollars for the largest models. they claim 5.6 million. now this 5.6 million it's on top. so deep seek has multiple versions and deep seek are one which is the best model is trained on top of another model which is deep seek v3. so the cost doesn't include this base model training, but it respectively is a 5.6 million. even with all these caveats, it's very impressive, right? >> let's talk about the part where you mentioned the using it. right. and that's the part where it's really impressive because, you know, whenever i do a query, i feel so guilty that i

asked an additional question because it does take, you know, resources, right. which the u.s. government and all the companies have to figure out. how are we going to have that infrastructure in place to satisfy our need? so what is the arrival of deep seek mean in terms of how we think about that? and what does it mean for, you know, nvidia and data centers and all that? >> i think, again, for us, means and for companies and for people using it, it's a cheaper alternative. so it's good news consumes less electricity and things like that. and by the way deep seek model is open. so actually anyone can take it and serve it. okay. so just want to mention that and it's a smaller model more efficient in serving these queries. >> and you mean different from how openai for example. and meta, the proprietary models. >> yes. it's again,

fundamentally it's the same architecture, but it has many improvements. like think about a car, which you have a new generation of car, which is much, much improved over the previous generation of the car. but it's the same kind of it's still in, you know, internal combustion engine is not electrical. so it's not fundamentally different. but okay. so it's improved. and you mentioned. >> pardon me. so yeah if it does all the accuracy and you know things that openai chatgpt can do for example. right. and if it takes less money to build and it takes less money energy if you will, to run, i guess. what does that mean for silicon valley? right. we're at a time where we're putting so much money into developing all this. >> you know, i think there are two ways to look at it, and we'll see what the future will bring us. on one hand, it's obviously the fear that, you know, these models are going to get commoditized and the value of these companies are going to

drop. but on the other hand, if i still have a lot of resources, then i can accelerate the development of these technologies. and people talking about, you know, general artificial intelligence and things like that, that can come, that can come sooner. and if it can come sooner, then these companies can be even more valuable. so there is a scenario in which these companies can be less or even more valuable, because these innovations from deep tech can help accelerate the progress of ai. >> so if that helps mankind, if you will, right. but maybe more medical breakthroughs faster or economic growth. but what does it mean in terms of national security and kind of this global race, if you will, us position vis a vis china and national security, maybe. i think the main question is about the role of the open source here. and

the united states, open source was open source models were not as encouraged, at least for the past year, because of the national security. but the end result was that, you know, open source was successful elsewhere. so in this particular case, china, and now they have the most advanced open source models. and because they are open source, many people are going to use them in academia. many universities, our lab included, are using these models and to build and do research on top of them. so i think that's kind of the main question. it's and i think that in the us, we want to accelerate the development of the open source, because that way people to build on top of these models. >> right, right. real quickly we got to let you go. but for users of deep seek, how is the

experience? should we encounter censorship? for example, as you might encounter on some of the chinese tools and platforms? and are there any, you know, concerns with regard to americans starting to throw everything they know up there into deep seek? >> i think probably there will be, if you ask political kind of questions, probably there will be some censorship. but many questions are about science or about problem solving or about reasoning. and in these categories, deep seek will perform as well as any other models when it comes to the censorship part. >> all right. professor ian stoyka, thank you so much for taking this very complicated topic and putting them in digestible pieces that we can understand, because it's a very important topic. we appreciate your time. >> thank you so much. >> remember, abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join

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ever see. tawanna looney has marked two months since undergoing the experimental kidney transplant, making her the longest living survivor of the procedure. >> her kidney function is absolutely normal. >> looney's recovery is fueling hope that animal to human transplants could become a life saving reality. only four other americans have received transplants from gene edited pigs, and none live more than two months. >> we're quite optimistic that this is going to continue to work and work well. >> scientists are genetically altering pigs so their organs are more human like, in hopes of addressing the shortage of transplantable human organs. more than 100,000 people are currently on the u.s. transplant list. most need a kidney. >> she's been willing to really put herself out there. >> i love talking to people. i love helping people. >> the pig organ has given so far have been compassionate use transplants, but doctors are hoping the fda will soon allow human trials for the procedure.

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