There should be no debate that the Chinese communist regime is the biggest adversary and rival of the United States on a multitude of fronts, including the development of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, or AI.
Following the recent unveiling of the Chinese AI tool DeepSeek, which is reportedly cheaper, faster, and more efficient than the competitor AIs developed by U.S. companies, President Donald Trump’s friend and ally Kevin O’Leary declared that China just “fired the first shot” in the coming “AI Wars.”
In an op-ed for the Daily Mail, the “Shark Tank” co-host and wealthy business entrepreneur warned of the potentially dire consequences — economically, militarily, and technologically — of China surpassing the West in terms of the development of effective artificial intelligence tools.
China appears to take the lead in AI development
When the news of China’s DeepSeek AI was first revealed this week, it sparked a massive sell-off of U.S. tech stocks totaling around $1 trillion in value, only some of which was later recovered by a rallying stock market.
The big concern, based on China’s admittedly dubious claims, was that DeepSeek could outperform its U.S.-based competitor AIs at just a fraction of the cost while using older technology. […]
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