Doesn't matter; have DeepSeek. US AI companies are too busy shaving their heads into their own rear sides. I don't know what would happen when DeepSeek inevitably catch up though. Perhaps that's going to be how this wave of AI hype ends?
Do you think people behind DeepSeek don't have their own interests? And people/parties controlling people behind DeepSeek?
Open weights are a one-way ratchet.