‘I View the Impact It Could Have on Society Negatively.’ Even DeepSeek’s Leadership Frets About AI

At least one of the big AI brains at the Chinese chatbot leader DeepSeek has announced that he’s worried—like many U.S. AI luminaries before him—that AI will hurt the world.

But in China, unlike the U.S., the state can and does regulate tech with a heavy hand, and in that context such a sentiment comes across as slightly more substantive than when, say, OpenAI’s Sam Altman hypes up his future investment by saying things like, “A.I. will probably most likely lead to the end of…