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DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded by Liang Wenfeng. Its low-cost AI model was developed with significantly fewer computing resources than those of bigger US tech firms like OpenAI and Meta.
Visitors chat during the World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 17. Photo: AP
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Beijing has not officially announced details of the delegation, but the leaders of DeepSeek and Moonshot AI are absent from the reported list.

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President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Beijing on May 14. Photo: Kyodo
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Chinese state media rejects US AI-distillation claims, warns of countermeasures

Beijing vows to take action if Washington tries to contain China’s firms, as tensions over advanced AI systems heat up before expected Xi-Trump meeting.

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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Hitler

Heated rhetoric highlights tensions over how quickly artificial intelligence should advance and who should shape its future amid mounting safety concerns.

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Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

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Automating AI research has emerged as a core battleground in US-China technological competition. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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The Moonshot Kimi and DeepSeek logos are seen in this illustration taken September 5, 2026. Photo: Reuters
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Anthropic claims Moonshot, DeepSeek secretly diverted user requests to Claude

AI giants accused of cloning American models by funnelling real Chinese user queries to them via network of intermediate platforms.

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DeepSeek says new Flash AI model beats Kimi K3 on cyber, coding benchmarks

Developer’s V4.1 Flash launch highlights China’s AI battle, where efficiency and speed drive competition amid chip curbs.

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China rejects US AI model distillation allegations, warns of retaliation

The commerce ministry says distillation is ‘neutral’ and widely used by companies around the world, including American firms.

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The DeepSeek name is displayed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on June 16, 2026. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
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Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters for IPO: sources

Start-up aims to begin the IPO process this year to list on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-like Star market, sources say.

DeepSeek is moving to complete a pre-IPO round of financing that could value it at about US$74 billion. Photo: Shutterstock
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China ‘can never get ahead’ of US in AI, Bessent says in advance of Xi’s visit

Trump’s treasury secretary accuses Chinese artificial intelligence firms of ‘stealing and copying’, weeks before leadership summit in Washington.

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DeepSeek seeks 150 engineers in hiring spree to overhaul back end systems

The company cited a rapid surge in user demand for AI and increased complexity of its computing systems.

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Chinese shoppers can now buy AI subscriptions from DeepSeek and Z.ai on Tmall

By packaging tokens and coding plans like everyday retail goods, AI labs are opening a new front in their push for sustainable revenue.

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Tmall is expanding into AI subscriptions as developers seek new ways to reach and retain paying users. Photo: Shutterstock
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Machines now use AI more than humans, boosting cheap Chinese models

Agentic AIs now use five times as many tokens as humans, giving lower-priced models from Chinese firms a competitive edge, analysts say.

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Trump can’t wait for Xi’s Washington visit, but claims US leads China in AI race

US president praises Xi and predicts they have ‘a lot of good things to discuss’ at summit, while bragging of beating Beijing in tech war.

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Congress advances new bill to give US edge in open-source AI race with China

Legislation to promote adoption of US open-source models while publicising the risks associated with using their Chinese counterparts.

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An influx of powerful new open-weight models, including Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, has helped China dominate the industry recently. Photo: Reuters
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DeepSeek targets 2027 listing as pre-IPO funding nears close: sources

Landmark round to lift Chinese start-up’s valuation to US$74 billion and set the stage for a Shanghai Star Market listing, sources say.

The DeepSeek logo on a wall in Hangzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang province. Photo: Getty Images
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DeepSeek leads surge in low-cost Chinese open-weight models on US platform

Open models reached a record share of 62 per cent on a US web development platform on Saturday, a reversal of figures in June.

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African businesses keep options open as Chinese AI gains ground

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A robot made by Chinese company AgiBot dances at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 7. Photo: Xinhua
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Chinese AI firms forced to optimise software as local chips trail Nvidia’s

Surging token usage as artificial intelligence moves into large-scale deployment spurs search for new approaches.

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Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging workloads. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen takes on OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu’s larger AI systems

Chinese tech giant’s latest offering performed on par with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna and nearly matched DeepSeek, Zhipu’s open-weight models.

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Back in the Harness: DeepSeek continues its pivot towards agentic AI

With the launch of Harness, China’s DeepSeek continues to build the foundational digital scaffolding for autonomous AI agents.

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