DeepSeek in Turmoil: How a Chinese AI Cast Doubt Among American Experts

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A Global AI Controversy Unfolds

A new international scandal is shaking up the world of artificial intelligence. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI powerhouse, stands accused of "cheating" to achieve unprecedented performance levels. While Beijing touts its technological lead, Washington is launching audits and questioning the credibility of China’s AI advancements.

The Allegations

According to American researchers, DeepSeek allegedly engaged in unethical practices, including:

Using protected data, including U.S. patents, to train its models
Manipulating benchmarks by optimizing specifically for public test datasets
Plagiarizing open-source Western architectures without proper attribution

One of the most striking pieces of evidence is a suspicious gap between DeepSeek’s reported performance (98.7% in NLP tasks) and independently replicable results (82.3%).

A Chain Reaction of Consequences

The controversy has triggered swift and serious repercussions:

The U.S. Department of Commerce is considering blocking Nvidia chip exports to DeepSeek
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has withdrawn three of DeepSeek’s publications
The White House is calling for an international audit of AI models deemed "strategic risks"

DeepSeek Fights Back

In a strongly worded statement, DeepSeek’s CEO Zhang Wei denounced the accusations as a "smear campaign" and promised to release technical proof by February 15. The company claims it has developed a proprietary architecture, NeuroTree v5, which allegedly doubles energy efficiency in AI models.

The Geopolitical Stakes

This crisis unfolds at a critical moment in the global AI race:

China is aiming for 40% of the global AI market share by 2030
U.S. AI research and development funding dropped by 12% in 2024
The European Union is preparing anti-dumping measures against subsidized AI models

A Watershed Moment for AI?

Is this just a minor controversy, or does it reveal a deeper technological cold war? Whether justified or not, the DeepSeek affair highlights the growing fractures in the global AI race. In the coming weeks, we will find out if DeepSeek is truly the "Chinese Sputnik" of artificial intelligence—or its "Theranos."