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Fortune
Beatrice Nolan

Donald Trump says DeepSeek should be a ‘wake-up call’ for U.S. tech giants—and sees bombshell AI advances as a good thing

US President Donald Trump (Credit: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
  • Donald Trump has said Chinese advancements in AI should be a "wake-up call" for U.S. industries amid a global AI race. The U.S. president said if DeepSeek had built a faster and cheaper AI model it could be a net positive for the U.S.

Donald Trump says DeepSeek's AI advances should be a "wake-up call" for the U.S. after the Chinese startup spurred a tech selloff that wiped $1 trillion off U.S. stocks.

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