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DeepSeek Didn’t Catch Up — It Cheated.

United StatesPublished February 24, 2026

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In this video, I break down explosive allegations that DeepSeek used banned U.S. chips and illicit model distillation to train its newest system. If true, this is IP extraction wrapped in marketing. We examine what distillation really means, why export controls matter, and how dependent China’s AI ecosystem still is on…

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February 24, 2026
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