DeepSeek Points Toward U.S.-China Cooperation, Not a Race (Simon Goldstein, Peter N. Salib – Lawfare)

On Jan. 1, the Chinese company DeepSeek released r1, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that matches the performance of recent American reasoning models such as OpenAI’s o1. R1 has caused something of a panic in the United States, with many calling for the U.S. government to ensure that the United States prevails in the “AI race” with China. President Trump has described DeepSeek as a “wake-up call.” And in a recent post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei cited DeepSeek as a reason why the U.S. government should further reduce Chinese access to advanced computer chips.

DeepSeek Points Toward U.S.-China Cooperation, Not a Race | Lawfare