DeepSeek V4 runs on Huawei chips as Stanford HAI says US-China AI gap 'effectively closed'

DeepSeek's V4 model preview runs on Huawei-designed chips rather than Nvidia, signaling reduced Chinese dependence on US chipmakers. A Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI report concludes the performance gap between top US and Chinese AI models has 'effectively closed,' with DeepSeek V4 explicitly optimized for cost-efficiency on widely available hardware.