Deep Dish

“Washington was confident that it was ahead and wanted to keep it that way. So the Biden administration ramped up restrictions banning the export of advanced chips and technology to China. That’s why DeepSeek’s launch has astonished Silicon Valley and the world. The firm says its powerful model is far cheaper than the billions US firms have spent on AI.” The market has recovered a bit from yesterday’s DeepSeek AI shock to the system. American AI researchers are still rolling in the deep. BBC: DeepSeek: How China’s ‘AI heroes’ overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley.

+ The Guardian: We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan.

+ Of course, the risk of getting false or no information about certain subjects has caused American users to avoid the app. Oh, wait… DeepSeek AI underscores consumers’ willingness to embrace Chinese tech.