DeepSeek being used to design new Chinese warplanes, leading engineer says
- Wang Yongqing, lead designer at the state-run Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute, revealed in early 2025 that his team uses DeepSeek AI to develop China’s advanced warplanes.
- This adoption builds on DeepSeek’s open-source strategy amid China’s drive to become a global AI leader through a vast industrial open-source ecosystem.
- DeepSeek supports research by automating review tasks and focuses on solving practical aerospace problems, while also gaining traction in industries like automotive and legal sectors.
- In March 2025, DeepSeek released the R2 model, which is 97.3 percent cheaper than OpenAI’s GPT-4o and uses a hybrid mixture-of-experts architecture for improved performance.
- China’s evolving AI governance, including new cybersecurity and copyright regulations, signals stricter oversight on open-source AI models amid growing legal and security challenges.
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DeepSeek Receives Millions in Funding, Support from CCP Entities
Despite its portrayal as a “small, independent start-up,” DeepSeek is heavily supported and influenced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). AI Imperative 2030’s first Sentinel Brief provides a detailed breakdown of DeepSeek’s publicly ascertainable connections.. The post Sentinel Brief—DeepSeek Receives Millions in Funding, Support from CCP Entities appeared first on American Security Project.
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