DeepSeek: How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley

How did a little-known Chinese start-up build a powerful new AI model despite restrictions?

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Two years on, a new AI model from China has flipped that question: can the US stop Chinese innovation?

For a while, Beijing seemed to fumble with its answer to ChatGPT, which is not available in China.

Unimpressed users mocked Ernie, the chatbot by search engine giant Baidu. Then came versions by tech firms Tencent and ByteDance, which were dismissed as followers of ChatGPT - but not as good.

Washington was confident that it was ahead and wanted to keep it that way. So the Biden administration ramped up restrictions banning the export of advanced chips and technology to China.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czepw096wy4o

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