Liang Wenfeng sets out DeepSeek's course in a 暗涌 Waves interview
Set out DeepSeek's course in an interview with 暗涌 Waves — that it will not go closed source, that Chinese AI cannot remain a follower forever, and that the real gap lies between originality and imitation
Why it matters
Formalized a Chinese lab's open-weight strategy in terms of ecosystem and originality rather than cost savings. Because the original is in Chinese, only the gist is recorded, without quotation marks
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
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