US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues
DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.
BBC News reports: DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.
This technology story centres on China.
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