The United States is stepping up its global messaging on artificial intelligence, warning allies about what it sees as growing efforts by Chinese companies to replicate advanced American AI systems.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has officially released preview versions of its highly anticipated DeepSeek-V4 models.

“The US has evidence that foreign entities, primarily in China, are running industrial-scale distillation campaigns to steal American AI,” White House science and technology chief Michael Kratsios said in a post on X.“We will be taking action to protect American innovation.”

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup whose low-cost model drew global attention last year, introduced a preview version of its much-anticipated new model, V4, on Friday.

Huawei Technologies said on Friday that its Ascend supernode, powered by the Ascend 950 AI chips, will fully support the latest version of artificial intelligence models from Chinese startup DeepSeek.

Chinese technology giants Tencent and Alibaba Group are reportedly in discussions to participate in a new funding round for AI startup DeepSeek, marking a significant development in China’s fast-growing artificial intelligence sector.

For weeks, the global technology sector has been anticipating a major artificial intelligence release from DeepSeek, widely viewed as a key indicator of China’s advancement in the rapidly evolving field.

China’s artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek experienced its longest service outage since its rapid rise in early 2025, disrupting access to its chatbot for several hours on Monday.

Chinese tech giant ByteDance has released Doubao 2.0, the latest version of its Doubao chatbot, strengthening its position in China’s fast-growing artificial intelligence market.

ByteDance’s new artificial intelligence video model is gaining massive attention online, as China looks for its next major breakthrough in the global AI race following the success of DeepSeek.