Mark Zuckerberg thinks China’s DeepSeek AI models have some “novel” innovations he hopes to emulate. But it hasn’t given him second thoughts about his mission to plow hundreds of billions of dollars into Meta’s AI infrastructure.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said China-based DeepSeek has created a powerful artificial intelligence model, but it won’t likely curb Meta’s AI spending.

Chinese startup DeepSeek’s launch of its latest AI models triggered a selloff in global tech stocks this week on concerns about rising AI costs in the US.