The Chinese startup DeepSeek's release of a highly competitive AI chatbot early in 2025 was immediately likened to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957, but is China really closing the gap with the West? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/world/china-ai-industrial-revolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #ai #openai #computers #chatgpt #tech #us