DeepSeek Disrupts The Dominance of US Tech In AI
The release of the new DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model has shocked the tech world.
The new DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model, which was released on January 20, was reportedly developed at a fraction of the cost of OpenAI’s GPT-4o and over a much shorter period.
One Chinese commentator has referred to its release as a “Pearl Harbor attack” on the AI world.
However, the development of China’s AI industry was foreseen by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI’s) Critical Technology Tracker, which was introduced in early 2023.
In its most recent update, it tracks high-impact research over two decades across 64 technologies, including machine learning and natural language processing (NLP).
With sustained increases in the global share of high-impact publications in machine learning over the last 20 years, the two-decade Critical Technology Tracker report demonstrated that China’s persistent investments in research and technology were paying off.
In this ascension, China overtook the United States in its yearly global proportion of highly cited publications in 2017.
Additionally, ASPI’s research revealed that China accounted for five of the top five global institutions in machine-learning research.
Tsinghua University, the home of several of the key researchers behind the most recent DeepSeek model, was ranked second.
The university was also ranked third in natural-language processing research behind only Google and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker.
Open AI reaction to the Chinese app
OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, has expressed dissatisfaction with competitors, notably those in China.
It claims that they are utilizing its work to quickly expand their own artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
The abrupt appearance of DeepSeek, a Chinese program that can mimic ChatGPT’s performance, ostensibly for a fraction of the price, severely damaged OpenAI’s and other US companies’ standing as global leaders in AI.
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft, which is a major investor in OpenAI, is looking into the unauthorized use of data owned by OpenAI.
Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, expressed similar worries about theft during his confirmation hearing and hinted at the possibility of additional US intervention to safeguard US AI companies.
“What this showed is that our export controls, not backed by tariffs, are like a whack-a-mole model,” adds Lutnick.
OpenAI claimed that Chinese and other businesses were “constantly trying to distill the models of leading US AI companies” in a statement.
“As we go forward… it is critically important that we are working closely with the US government to best protect the most capable models,” said the statement.
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