Google's Gemini 2.0 Now Available, First iPhone Porn App Controversy, DeepSeek Upends Energy Industry

This Discover Daily podcast episode covers three significant tech and business stories. First, it details the release of Google's Gemini 2.0 AI models, highlighting their features and accessibility. Second, it discusses the controversy surrounding the release of Hot Tub, a native porn app for iPhones in the EU, challenging Apple's content policies under the Digital Markets Act. Finally, it focuses on DeepSeek's new energy-efficient AI model (R1), which caused a sell-off in energy stocks due to its potential to significantly reduce AI's energy consumption. The DeepSeek R1 model uses only 2,000 NVIDIA chips and less than $6 million in computing power, challenging projections of AI's growing energy demands. This could lead to significant changes in energy infrastructure planning and investment.