DeepSeek outperforms Grok, Claude in AI crypto trading contest
The large language model (LLM) DeepSeek is outperforming Grok, Claude Sonnet, and three other AI rivals in the “Alpha Arena,” a cryptocurrency trading competition that gives each model $10,000 to invest. The competition’s creators, AI research lab Nof1 and its founder Jay Azhang, believes that “financial markets are the best training environment for the next era of AI.” Read more: These AI chatbots are happy to help you run a crypto scam Each model was given the same prompts to work with and they began trading using Hyperliquid on October 17. Within just three days, DeepSeek had brought its original investment up to $14,200, with its current profit and loss (PNL) standing at $2,780. Its long 15X leverage ether (ETH) trade is currently the most profitable with an $889 PNL. A similar 15X trade with solana (SOL) has a $736 PNL, while its bitcoin (BTC) sits at $432. DeepSeek is also trading DOGE and Binance coin (BNB), but is only losing mone...