DeepSeek’s rise shows why China’s top AI talent is skipping Silicon Valley Rest of World By: Viola Zhou 5 February 2025 at 06:00 At the end of his internship at Nvidia in 2023, Zizheng Pan, a young artificial-intelligence researcher from China, faced a pivotal decision: stay in Silicon Valley with the world’s leading... © Joanne Lee / Rest of WorldEngineers at DeepSeek have built a generative AI model for far less than competitors.