What to Know About DeepSeek, Pricey Eggs, and Self Medicating with Alcohol

Today on Spanning the State Kristin Brey and Brian Noonan start the show with a conversation with CIO and Founder of Deductive Capital and Partner at Wall Street Beats and Kristin brother Ben Brey. Ben Brey explains what we should know about a new Chinese AI software, DeepSeek and how it is affecting US stocks, what this means for AI and ChatGPT, and what happens next with the direction of AI software. Egg prices are still very expensive, Kristin and Brian talk about Wisconsin grocers are battling state laws to provide eggs. As well as how they are handling shortages tied to the Avian Flu and inhumane chicken farming may or may not play a factor for consumers. Later they also talk about higher alcohol sales after mass shootings, they discuss the correlation between the two and why people run to the bottle during hard times even if they don't directly impact the person.