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"DeepSeek complements, rather than competes against, existing AI leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind," the Chinese embassy said.

In the two months since a little-known Chinese company called DeepSeek released a powerful new open-source AI model, the breakthrough has already begun to transform the global AI market. DeepSeek-V3,

DeepSeek's rise came as a timely confidence boost as the Chinese leadership faces a prolonged economic gloom and a brewing trade war with U.S.

China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper - extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their products will feature the startup's artificial intelligence models.

Chinese AI companies have grown rapidly, despite several technological and political challenges. So what’s their secret?

The city is shifting towards a technology-driven economy to align with Beijing’s strategic goals, with major investments planned for AI.

Entrepreneurs and scholars gathered at the 2025 Enterprise Management Annual Conference in Beijing on Feb. 23 to explore how AI innovations, such as DeepSeek and Unitree Technology's humanoid robots, are reshaping industries, the workforce and society.

Vance used his first major speeches as vice president to criticise European politicians, claiming they were controlling free speech, losing authority on immigration,

Sheikh Tahnoon has unprecedented control over capital, data, and infrastructure, allowing him to move with a level of flexibility that even Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capitalists can’t match.