China’s DeepSeek warns of social upheaval from AI

DeepSeek's senior researcher Chen Deli made a rare public appearance at China's World Internet Conference, expressing concerns about AI's long-term societal impact. While optimistic about the technology itself, Chen warned that AI could threaten widespread job displacement within 5-10 years and create massive social challenges in 10-20 years. DeepSeek gained global attention in January for releasing a low-cost AI model that outperformed leading US models. The company recently upgraded its V3 model in September and has become central to China's efforts to build a domestic AI ecosystem, with Chinese chip makers like Cambricon and Huawei developing hardware compatible with DeepSeek's models.