DeepSeek is reshaping industries in China, powering systems from BYD's self-driving cars, to WeChat's smart search and Huawei's cloud infrastructure. It is also advancing AI research in China at a fraction of the cost. Liu Jiaxin has more.

LIU JIAXIN, Hangzhou "A tech startup in that building is blazing a trail through Hangzhou and the world. Meet DeepSeek: China's AI juggernaut that's already reached more than 160 countries and 22 million daily users. Don't get me wrong, this is not a ONE-DAY IN DEEPSEEK vlog. The people at the company still can't talk to us about the latest product developments. Clearly it's a company that speaks through code, not press releases."

WANG CHAO, Assistant Professor, School of AI and Data Science, University of Science and Technology of China "When we use DeepSeek-R1, we can see that it will display the thought chain or its reasoning process and then output the final result. In fact, other early reasoning models in the past were not confident enough to display the thought chain."

With its advanced logical reasoning capabilities, DeepSeek is driving transformative growth across industries.

ZHANG YANYONG, Executive Dean, School of AI and Data Science, University of Science and Technology of China "Every industry has problems that urgently need AI to solve. We used to be short of a real good AI model, we have no shortage of scenarios to use it. DeepSeek will definitely trigger the process of intelligence."

In the automotive sector — companies like BYD, Geely, and Great Wall Motor are integrating DeepSeek's AI program into their electric vehicles.

BYD, for instance, announced that it's using DeepSeek to power its "God's Eye" self-driving system, making advanced features standard even in budget models. WeChat — China's social media giant — started testing an AI-powered search feature using DeepSeek's R1 model. It's designed to deliver smarter, more precise results without tapping into private user data like chat histories.

And then there's Huawei, powering DeepSeek's models with its Ascend 910C chip, and offering them on Huawei Cloud since early February. This partnership is a big step toward China's goal of AI autonomy in the face of sanctions imposed by the West.

ZHANG YANYONG, Executive Dean, School of AI and Data Science, University of Science and Technology of China "The most important thing that DeepSeek has brought to China's AI ecosystem is confidence. In addition, the market structure has changed from oligopoly to diversified competition."

It's also a big win for scholars.

WANG CHAO, Assistant Professor, School of AI and Data Science, University of Science and Technology of China "In the past, only large companies could afford large computing power to do the important LLM research. With DeepSeek, we found that the computing power of the academic community seems to be sufficient to support broader participation in original LLM research."

LIU JIAXIN, Hangzhou "From the cubicles in that building, DeepSeek is proving that cutting-edge AI doesn't have to come with a sky-high price tag. Given the ever-changing competition in large language models, it's understandable that DeepSeek developers may not have the time to talk to us. As more companies plug into this technology, China's AI revolution could soon reshape the world. Liu Jiaxin, CGTN, Hangzhou."

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