China’s AI frenzy: DeepSeek is already everywhere — cars, phones, even hospitals
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Chinese companies, as a signal of patriotism, are racing to build services on top of the homegrown AI model that has taken the world by storm since January.
  • DeepSeek is now embedded in a wide range of products and government services in the country.
  • Some officials have warned about overreliance on DeepSeek.
  • Beijing views AI development as a critical driver of economic growth and a strategic pillar in global tech competition.
  • Null User Object@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    It can respond to users’ verbal expressions — such as “I am feeling cold” — by automatically adjusting temperature

    LOL. Who in hell wants to talk to appliances like that? If I wanted to talk to an appliances at all (not really) it would be to give very explicit instructions, not some vague complaint.

    and can “chat and gossip"

    Translation: “We couldn’t figure out how to get an LLM to not do this, so we’re just going to call it a feature.”