Trump calls China’s AI DeepSeek breakthrough ‘a wakeup call’ — but ‘positive’ if true

President Trump on Monday called the new Chinese AI platform DeepSeek a “wakeup call” for America — while also saying its debut could be a “positive” development if it actually works more cheaply than US competitors.

“I’ve been reading about China and some of the companies in China, one in particular, coming up with a faster method of AI and much less expensive method,” Trump, 78, said in an address to House Republicans.

“And that’s good because you don’t have to spend as much money. I view that as a positive, as an asset. So I really think — if it’s if it’s fact, and if it’s true, and nobody really knows what it is — but I view that as a positive, because you’ll be doing that too,” Trump said.

“So you won’t be spending as much, and you’ll get the same result hopefully. The release of DeepSeek, AI from a Chinese company, should be a wake up call for our industries that we need to be laser focused on competing to win.”

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