DeepSeek V4 vs. GPT-5.5: How China's Efficiency-First Strategy Is Reshaping the AI Cost War
DeepSeek's V4 launch with Mixture-of-Experts architecture, 1M context window, and Huawei Ascend chip integration signals a strategic shift in the AI arms race â prioritizing cost efficiency and hardware independence over raw benchmark supremacy, challenging US dominance in AI economics.