China Now Leads in AGI

The rise of the AI dragon signals not just a shift in power but a transformation in how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed globally. The message is clear for a world watching with bated breath: the race for AGI is heating up, and for China, there is no (great) wall.

Look at DeepSeek’s R1-Lite Preview, for instance. Hailed as a reasoning model rivalling OpenAI’s o1, it has achieved real-time chain-of-thought transparency. 

And here’s the kicker: Within just two months of o1’s release, Chinese researchers not only caught up but surpassed it, dominating benchmarks like AIME and MATH. DeepSeek’s rise as a leader in reasoning isn’t just impressive—it’s a wake-up call you can’t afford to ignore.