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Moreover, Deep Seek’s success raises critical questions about the technological race between the U.S. and China. Despite stringent U.S. export controls on cutting-edge chips, Deep Seek has leveraged open-source technologies to create an impressive AI model, indicating that the gap between Chinese and American capabilities may be narrower than previously thought. However, this situation also reveals inherent weaknesses, as Deep Seek's leadership openly acknowledged that access to advanced computational power is a significant bottleneck, highlighting a "4X compute disadvantage."