What China’s DeepSeek AI Really Means for the Future of Global Power

Behind the open-source facade, DeepSeek R1 is more than just a technological marvel—it’s a geopolitical weapon.

TL;DR: China’s recently released DeepSeek R1 AI model, with its unprecedented 671 billion parameters and drastically lower costs, is shaking the foundations of Western dominance in the global AI race. Released under an open-source license, it claims to rival and even outperform Western models like OpenAI’s latest offerings. However, beneath its promise …