The release of DeepSeek's lower-cost, high-performance AI models has shaken the U.S. tech industry, prompting reactions from President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. While Trump sees it as a 'wake-up call' to compete, Altman acknowledges DeepSeek's impressive capabilities while vowing OpenAI will deliver superior models. The arrival of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, challenges the perception that Chinese AI firms lag behind their U.S. counterparts. Its open-source, free-to-use R1 model, significantly cheaper than OpenAI's o1, has sparked discussions about the intensifying competition in the AI race and the need for government support for American tech.
President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman both reacted to the rising buzz surrounding Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek, which caused a stir in the tech sector on Monday after emerging as a potential rival to leading U.S.-based firms.
Trump stated that the release of lower-cost, high-performance AI models from a Chinese company 'should be a wake-up call,' while Altman acknowledged that DeepSeek's R1 model was 'impressive' and vowed that OpenAI would deliver superior models. 'Hopefully the release of DeepSeek AI from a Chinese company should be a wake-up call for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win, because we have the greatest scientists in the world,' Trump told House Republicans on Monday night in Doral, Florida, during a speech at their annual retreat. He added, 'Instead of spending billions and billions, you'll spend less and you'll come up with hopefully the same solution under the Trump administration. We're going to unleash our tech companies and we're going to dominate the future like never before.' Altman, whose company created the popular ChatGPT models, took to X to share his perspective, writing, 'deepseek's r1 is an impressive model, particularly around what they're able to deliver for the price.' He continued, 'We will obviously deliver much better models and also it's legit invigorating to have a new competitor!' DeepSeek's models have sparked a shift in the narrative that Chinese AI firms are lagging behind their U.S. counterparts, a view that emerged after Baidu, a Chinese tech giant, released its first ChatGPT equivalent. DeepSeek's R1 model, released last week, is reported to be 20 to 50 times cheaper to use than OpenAI's o1 model, depending on the task, according to a post on the company's official WeChat account. The R1 model is also open-source and available to users for free, while OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro Plan costs $200 per month. The emergence of DeepSeek has caught the attention of American tech leaders. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted DeepSeek during an interview on 'The Joe Rogan Experience,' stating that the company's models demonstrate the intensifying competition in the AI race. He emphasized the need for the industry to have support from the federal government. 'We should want the American model to win,' Zuckerberg told host Joe Rogan. 'I think it's easy for the government to take for granted that the U.S. will lead on these things,' Zuckerberg said. 'But I think it's a very close competition, and we need the help. We need them to not be a force that's making it harder for us to do these things.'
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