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DeepSeek Will Never Escape China’s Dubious Reputation
Well-founded suspicions about Beijing’s motives and conduct will always cloud acceptance of the country’s technology.
DeepSeek is employing a transparency strategy that has failed for other Chinese tech companies.
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DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company that has drawn headlines and roiled markets lately, has said it will share even more details about how its breakthrough technology works.
There’s likely one overwhelming motivation behind the transparency: It has to convince the world there’s nothing to fear from Chinese AI. History tells us these efforts will be futile.