Weeks after the first DeepSeek shock, when the world was surprised by the advances by the new AI model from a previously little-known (to most) Chinese startup, whathave we learned, and how has the world reacted, from those in the AI and tech industry to policymakers, and the general public? The talk will try to address the questions about how DeepSeek and its AI models came into being, and the company's broader impact on the ongoing global AI race and governance,as well as the geopolitics around chips and AI competition. What do these trends, and the recent AI Action Summit in Paris, tell us about where AI regulations, investments and developments are going? If there is only one thing that is clear, it is that what we used to say about thingsmoving at Internet speed, now AI speed is only much, much faster.
