The great AI Irony: China cracks down on Western models while US companies flock to DeepSeek - TechRadar

Chinese authorities are increasingly restricting access to Western-developed artificial intelligence models, tightening regulatory control over the technology within their borders. Simultaneously, many U.S. developers and researchers have begun integrating China's DeepSeek models into their workflows due to their high performance and open-weights accessibility. This shift highlights a growing technical interdependence that persists despite the broader geopolitical efforts by both nations to decouple their critical technology infrastructures.