US AI Lead Over China Shrinks to 3% as DeepSeek Gains Ground
Three percent. That’s all that’s left of America’s lead over China in artificial intelligence. Top Chinese AI models now trail their US rivals by just 3% on benchmark scores, according to a Bloomberg Intelligence report published Monday, October 5. The gap sat at roughly 9% in May and around 15% earlier this year, and the move followed the September release of DeepSeek’s V4.1 Flash model. Senior analyst Robert Lea, who wrote the report, said the trend points to further market-share gains for Chinese labs. ...