US and European users open to Chinese AI models like DeepSeek despite scrutiny: survey

More than half of US and EU respondents, however, say they will only use models hosted on non-Chinese infrastructure

Ben Jiangin Beijing
AI models from Chinese start-up DeepSeek are gaining worldwide interest. Photo: AFP
Most US and European Union respondents in a recent survey said they were open to using artificial intelligence models from China, underscoring the growing international popularity of tech innovation from the world’s second-largest economy.
According to a report published this month by tech consultancy Artificial Analysis, which surveyed more than 1,000 users worldwide, 71 per cent of US respondents and 87 per cent of EU respondents expressed willingness to adopt Chinese large language models (LLMs) – the technology behind applications like chatbots and AI agents.
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