NIST’s DeepSeek evaluation finds ‘shortcomings,’ includes significant caveats

The Trump administration is citing a report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in asserting U.S. artificial intelligence dominance over China, but the presidentially ordered evaluation of DeepSeek by NIST’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation comes with some major disclaimers.

“Thanks to President Trump’s AI Action Plan, the Department of Commerce and NIST’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation have released a groundbreaking evaluation of American vs. adversary AI,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a...