The efficacy of US technology sanctions is waning. Partially the restrictions have turned against themselves.
The almost unknown Chinese artificial intelligence company Deepseek has caused a huge buzz in the Silicon Valley.
In the beginning of the week, the company announced a new artificial intelligence model for a complex problem solving. It is technologically very close to the US artificial intelligence models and outperforms them in certain functions.
For example, a private equity investor Marc Andreessenwho has worked as a US President Donald Trump as a technology advisor, said the development of Chinese acting intelligence as stunning In the Wall Street Journal.
– Deepseek R1 is one of the most amazing and impressive technological breakthroughs I’ve ever seen.
The news from China is concerned about at least three reasons in the United States.
US technological advantage is fading
The top of artificial intelligence development has been clearly distinguished by US companies – partly through the US administration.
Deepseek’s breakthrough in China bridges the lead in the US with a hubby. Already in December, the same company announced an artificial intelligence tool like ChatgPT. The Economist Only Google and ChatgPT have developed Openai Language Models.
The leading of the leading US artificial intelligence models is unexpected in itself.
What makes the new development leap more amazing is the fact that Deepseek spent only two months and less than six million euros to develop his R1 model. It is a fraction of the amount of money used by the US top companies for their corresponding artificial intelligence models.
In the past, the United States have been arrested by Chinese Alibaba and Tencent in artificial intelligence.
The leaps and leaps of Chinese companies present a major challenge to Trump, who promised the United States in his inaugural speech a new golden age.
Artificial intelligence plays a big role in Trump’s desired golden age. This is illustrated, for example, by the “Star Gate” released by Trump a few days ago, with investments related to up to $ 500 billion in the coming years.
Artificial intelligence sanctions are poorly effective
The United States and China have been in the Trade War since 2018, when Trump set up the first heavy duties.
In the field of artificial intelligence, the United States has tried to slow down China’s development by several sanctions and prohibit the export of advanced artificial intelligence. For example, the world’s most valuable company, chip manufacturer Nvidia, has to produce a weakened version of the Chinese market for its artificial intelligence.
The fact that Deepseek succeeded in creating high -efficient artificial intelligence, despite the restrictions on artificial intelligence, shows that the power of US sanctions fades.
For Chinese companies, the restrictions have also been partly an advantage because they had to learn more about the weaker chips in artificial intelligence calculation.
One of the results is that, for example, artificial intelligence models already published by Deepseek are for their users significantly cheaper than US equivalents.
Cheaper Chinese actual intelligence can spread to the world even faster in the United States in the future. It would increase China’s political influence.
What is the game in artificial intelligence?
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram says he will use artificial intelligence investments alone this year According to Reuters over 60 billion.
For example, it and Trump’s 500 billion project tell us how extensive the stakes in artificial intelligence are. There is an enormous increase in productivity and economic growth from artificial intelligence when it is widely used.
According to old wisdom, the short -term effects of technology are overestimated and the long -term effects underestimated.
This is probably the case with artificial intelligence. It is unlikely to revolutionize the economy for years, but over the long term, its effects can make up a large part of the industries, production and professions.
And it’s not just an economy. Artificial intelligence is also expected to do so for war technology.
For these reasons, you worldwide China and the United States compete so hard in artificial intelligence. The one who has the best technology has a great lead in the economy, defense and global influence.