OpenAI expects another ‘seismic shock’ from China amid speculation of new DeepSeek release


There is heightened anticipation about a potential major DeepSeek release around the Lunar New Year. — SCMP

The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT creator OpenAI.

In a blog post this week, published ahead of the first anniversary of DeepSeek’s release of breakthrough reasoning model R1 on January 20, OpenAI said another “seismic shock” from China could be on the cards, as anticipation heightened about a potential new major release from the Hangzhou-based start-up around the Lunar New Year.

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