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The attention drawn to the artificial intelligence program created by the new Chinese technology company DeepSeek stirred stock markets on Monday and ignited debates about the economic and geopolitical competition between the United States and China in the development of artificial intelligence technology.
The company's assistant app became the No. 1 downloaded app on Apple's iPhones on Monday, fueled by curiosity about the ChatGPT competitor. Part of the worry for some U.S. tech watchers is the idea that a new Chinese company could overtake U.S. companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence innovation at a fraction of the cost.
This, if true, calls into question the vast sums of money that US technology companies say they plan to spend on the data centers and computer microcircuits needed to support further advances in artificial intelligence.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the technology of a new Chinese company called DeepSeek should act as a boost for American companies and said it was a good thing that companies in China have come up with a cheaper and faster method of artificial intelligence.
"The introduction of DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company from a Chinese company, should serve as a wake-up call to our industries that we must be focused on competing to win," President Trump said in Florida.

But the hype and misunderstandings surrounding the technological advances of the Chinese company DeepSeek also sowed confusion.
"The models they built are fantastic, but they're not miracles," said analyst Stacy Rasgon, who follows the semiconductor industry and was one of several stock analysts to describe Wall Street's reaction as overblown.
"They're not using any innovations that are unknown or secret or anything like that," Ms. Rasgon said. "These are things that everyone is experimenting with."
What is “DeepSeek”?
The startup DeepSeek was founded in 2023 in Hangzhou, China, and released its first AI model later that year. Its CEO Liang Wenfeng previously co-founded one of China’s largest investment funds, High-Flyer, which focuses on AI-driven trading.
Kompania DeepSeek filloi të tërhiqte më shumë vëmendje në industrinë e inteligjencës artificiale muajin e kaluar kur nxori një model të ri të inteligjencës artificiale, për të cilin mburrej se ishte në të njëjtin nivel me modelet e ngjashme të kompanive amerikane, si programi ChatGPT i kompanisë OpenAI, dhe se ishte me kosto më efektive në përdorimin e mikroqarqeve të shtrenjtë të kompanisë Nvidia për ta trajnuar sistemin me sasi të mëdha të dhënash. Aplikacioni i kompanisë kineze u bë më i disponueshëm kur u shfaq në platformat e aplikacioneve të kompanive Apple dhe Google në fillim të këtij viti.
Por ishte një studim kërkimor që u botua javën e kaluar – në të njëjtën ditë me inaugurimin e Presidentit Donald Trump – që vuri në lëvizje panikun që pasoi. Studimi kishte të bënte me një model tjetër të inteligjencës artificale të kompanisë DeepSeek të quajtur R1, që tregonte aftësi të avancuara "arsyetimi" - të tilla si aftësia për të rimenduar përqasjen ndaj një problemi matematikor - dhe ishte dukshëm më i lirë se një model i ngjashëm i shitur nga kompania OpenAI, i quajtur o1.
"Pavarësisht nga botëkuptimi i tyre për ekonominë", tha zonja Rasgon, "unë mendoj se niveli i çmimeve i trembi njerëzit".
Një moment ‘Sputnik’?
Pas dramaticitetit rreth aftësive teknike të DeepSeek është një debat brenda Shteteve të Bashkuara mbi mënyrën më të mirë për të konkurruar me Kinën për inteligjencën artificiale.
“Deepseek R1 është momenti Sputnik për inteligjencën artificiale”, tha sipërmarrësi Marc Andreessen në një postim të dielën në platformën sociale X, duke iu referuar lëshimit të satelitit të vitit 1957, që nisi një garë të eksplorimit të hapësirës gjatë Luftës së Ftohtë, ndërmjet Bashkimit Sovjetik dhe Shteteve të Bashkuara.
Zoti Andreessen, i cili ka këshilluar Presidentin Trump për politikën e teknologjisë, ka paralajmëruar se vendosja e rregullave të tepruara për industrinë e inteligjencës artificiale nga qeveria amerikane, do të pengojë kompanitë amerikane dhe do t'i mundësojë Kinës të ecë përpara.

Por vëmendja ndaj DeepSeek kërcënon gjithashtu të minojë një strategji kyçe të politikës së jashtme amerikane në vitet e fundit, për të kufizuar shitjen në Kinë të gjysmëpërçuesve të inteligjencës artificiale të prodhuara nga Amerika. Disa ekspertë të marrëdhënieve SHBA-Kinë nuk mendojnë se kjo është një aksident.
“Inovacioni i teknologjisë është real, por koha e prezantimit është e natyrës politike”, tha Gregory Allen, nga Qendra për Studime Strategjike dhe Ndërkombëtare. Zoti Allen e krahasoi njoftimin e kompanisë DeepSeek javën e kaluar, me nxjerrjen e një telefoni të ri nga kompania kineze Huawei, e sanksionuar nga SHBA, gjatë bisedimeve diplomatike mbi kontrollet e eksportit të administratës të ish-Presidentit Biden në vitin 2023.
"Përpjekja për të treguar se kontrollet e eksportit janë të kota ose kundërproduktive është një qëllim vërtet i rëndësishëm i politikës së jashtme kineze tani", tha zoti Allen.
President Trump signed an order on his first day in office last week stating that his administration would "identify and eliminate loopholes in existing export controls," signaling that he is likely to continue and strengthen former President Biden's approach.
Nvidia shares fell 18% on Monday, but the company in a statement praised the company's DeepSeek work as "a brilliant advancement of artificial intelligence" that used "widely available models and computations that are fully export control compliant."
What sets DeepSeek apart?
One thing that sets Chinese company DeepSeek apart from competitors like OpenAI is that its models are "open source" - meaning the key components are available for anyone to access and modify, although the company has not disclosed the data it used to train the algorithm.
But what has drawn the most admiration about DeepSeek's R1 model is what Nvidia calls a "perfect example of Test-Time Scaling" - or when artificial intelligence models effectively demonstrate their reasoning process and then use it for further training, without having to feed them new data sources.
"It's just like thinking out loud," said Lennart Heim, a researcher at the Rand Corporation.
OpenAI's reasoning models, starting with o1, do the same thing, and it's likely that other U.S.-based competitors, such as Anthropic and Google, have similar capabilities that haven't yet been made available, Mr. Heim said.
But “it’s the first time we’ve seen a Chinese company come this close, in a relatively short period of time. I think that’s why a lot of people are paying attention,” Heim said. “I believed that OpenAI was on top, that it was the king and that no one could catch up. It turns out that’s not entirely the case.” /VOA
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