Zhou Hongyi: US Government’s Announcement to Ban DeepSeek Means Ignorance of Technology

Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of 360 Group, released a video discussing the competition between DeepSeek and AI big models between China and the United States.

Zhou Hongyi said that if both China and the United States are closed source models, it may be valid to compare it to an arms race. However, now that China is completely open source and provides detailed scientific reports, comparing the competition between China and the United States to a closed source competition would be too hasty and far fetched. Therefore, the key is that people all over the world embrace open source, which knows no borders, whether in application or innovation.

So the US government’s announcement to ban DeepSeek is completely ignorant of the technology, because it is open source, and this model does not transmit data to China, nor does it rely on specific companies and servers to run the core technology, “said Zhou Hongyi.

Zhou Hongyi also mentioned that DeepSeek was originally a small company without the ability, influence, or traffic to make companies around the world use its products. However, once it becomes open source and sufficiently open, everyone will flock to it. DeepSeek will also stimulate other open source teams around the world, and everyone will chase after each other. Moreover, based on the publicly available technical principles of DeepSeek, everyone may also have new ideas

Zhou Hongyi emphasized that we need to go beyond national pride and competitive thinking. Now is the time to think about the challenges and social changes brought by AI from a global perspective. In building a digital future where AI is deeply integrated into society, open source technology is the most important asset for us to achieve security transformation.