Bloomberg has learned that US officials are probing whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek bought advanced Nvidia semiconductors through third parties in Singapore, circumventing US restrictions. DeepSeek's recently released open-source chatbot, R1, has upended markets and Silicon Valley as it suggests that China is further ahead in the AI race than previously believed. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson believes despite some unanswered questions in the probe, DeepSeek has fundamentally changed the economics in artificial intelligence development. Except for DeepSeek, companies that boast "democratizing AI" have not done so by revealing their models, Olson says.
Olson is the author of "Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World". Parmy Olson joined Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Television. Views by columnists do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.
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