DeepSeek’s V4 Preview Pushes China’s Open-Source AI Ambitions Forward
China’s DeepSeek unveiled a preview of its new V4 AI model, touting stronger reasoning and autonomous coding abilities, and powered by domestic Huawei/Cambricon chips to reduce Nvidia reliance. The open-source V4 aims to rival OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, continuing China’s push to scale AI applications across sectors. Analysts expect market reaction to be more muted than last year’s R1 debut, as the global AI landscape remains volatile amid US-China tech tensions over model distillation.