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AI Race Heats Up: US Faces $1 Trillion Sell-Off

12/10/2025

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The DeepSeek-R1 model revealed the United States lagged in artificial intelligence development, triggering a January 27 sell-off that erased nearly US$1 trillion, including US$600 billion from Nvidia.
In December 2025, Nature’s 10 recognized Liang for his role in disruption caused by DeepSeek-R1.
DeepSeek’s models have gained researchers’ interest due to lower training costs than Meta Platforms.
Trend has encouraged companies in China and the United States to release open-source models.

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The DeepSeek-R1 model revealed the United States lagged in artificial intelligence development, triggering a January 27 sell-off that erased nearly US$1 trillion, including US$600 billion from Nvidia.
In December 2025, Nature’s 10 recognized Liang for his role in disruption caused by DeepSeek-R1.
DeepSeek’s models have gained researchers’ interest due to lower training costs than Meta Platforms.
Trend has encouraged companies in China and the United States to release open-source models.