How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions

How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions

Author: MIT Technology Review September 3, 2025 Duration: 10:30
With a new reasoning model that matches the performance of ChatGPT o1, DeepSeek managed to turn restrictions into innovation. This story was written by Caiwei Chen and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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