R Street: Tech companies’ approach to DeepSeek offers promising alternative to restrictions

Major tech companies including Microsoft and Amazon have taken steps to quickly -- and securely -- integrate the DeepSeek R-1 artificial intelligence model into their services, according to the free market-oriented R Street Institute, which cites the industry developments as providing an alternative to “all or nothing” debates over open-source models and export controls to counter the Chinese firm’s advances on AI.

DeepSeek’s January announcement of a high-performance AI model prompted a swirl of policy proposals, from former Federal Communications...