Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s claim of developing a powerful AI model at a much lower cost than major tech giants like Alphabet’s (GOOGL)

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that DeepSeeks AI model is probably China's most impressive work but noted that it relies on existing techniques, suggesting the hype around it is a bit exaggerated.

At the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, Google's Demis Hassabis expressed skepticism over DeepSeek's AI model cost claims. He pointed out potential oversights in DeepSeek's reported training expenses and accused reliance on Western AI models.

Google DeepMind CEO, Demis Hassabis, has commended the AI model of Chinese firm, Deepseek, describing it as "probably the best work" to have surfaced from China. While Hassabis praised DeepSeek's model,

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis has praised China’s DeepSeek AI model but says it does not bring new scientific advances. He also claimed that Google’s Gemini 2.0 models are more efficient.

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, praised DeepSeek's AI model as an impressive piece of work, possibly the best in China. He thought that the model shows the company's capability of extremely outstanding engineering and has completely alerted the geopolitical landscape.