Debut of advanced Chinese AI model renews debate over Biden export controls

A Chinese company’s sudden release of an advanced artificial intelligence model is reigniting debate over Biden-era export controls on electronics seen as critical to AI development, with critics of the policy calling on the Trump administration to scrap it and supporters saying the new development proves even stricter limitations are needed. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI company, earlier this month unveiled a model called “R1,” followed by a paper describing its development , that appears to produce results comparable to flagship...