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DeepSeek engineer defends push for open-source AGI despite higher risks

South China Morning Post / 04 November 2026 / 18h ago

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DeepSeek is committed to open-source artificial intelligence to accelerate the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI), even if it heightens safety risks, a company engineer says, defying growing safety concerns from the US and scrutiny in China over whether the strategy poses national security risks. Speaking on Tuesday on an AI panel at the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Dee

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