Chinese AI firms defend safety practices, push back on Western criticism



Chinese companies are mitigating the risks of artificial intelligence in their own way and should not be judged through a Western lens, according to Chinese industry insiders.

Last year, concerns about the risks of Chinese models held back some global users from adopting them, with high-profile DeepSeek in particular banned or restricted in more than 10 countries, including the US, Italy and India.

In a podcast released on Sunday, former DeepSeek researcher Tu Jinhao said an obsession with catching up with the US had overshadowed domestic work on AI safety.

“All the computational resources are being spent training AI models, with little left to spend on safety work,” said Tu, who was still in high school when he joined the Hangzhou start-up. DeepSeek did not respond to a request for comment.

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