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White House Blames DeepSeek for Export Breach, China AI Launch

4/24/2026

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The White House accused DeepSeek of breaching U.S. export controls with Nvidia chips.
DeepSeek previewed its V4 AI model in China, built for Huawei Ascend chips.
The V4 pro outperformed all open-source rivals and ranked behind Google Gemini-Pro-3.1 in world-knowledge benchmarks.
Huawei said its entire Ascend supernode line now supports the DeepSeek V4 series.
Rival Chinese AI stocks fell, with Zhipu AI down 9% and MiniMax down 7%.

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The White House accused DeepSeek of breaching U.S. export controls with Nvidia chips.
DeepSeek previewed its V4 AI model in China, built for Huawei Ascend chips.
The V4 pro outperformed all open-source rivals and ranked behind Google Gemini-Pro-3.1 in world-knowledge benchmarks.
Huawei said its entire Ascend supernode line now supports the DeepSeek V4 series.
Rival Chinese AI stocks fell, with Zhipu AI down 9% and MiniMax down 7%.