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Why is a private company with fewer than 200 employees "China"/"the Chinese"?

Or, why isn't OpenAI "America"/"the Americans"?

Also, wasn't DeepSeek founded by a hedge fund that was specializing exactly in these kinds of financial operations? Perhaps their training data is just way more finance focused than OpenAI because of that?

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That is how most Westerners refer to things from China, or things done or made by Chinese people.

Sadly, that sort of rhetoric is usually used negatively.

If you meet someone really backwards, they'll say anything involving something remotely Asian, "Chinese".

It matters because of the ridiculous regulations imposed by the US on China. Even despite them, they've built a better model.

I HIGHLY doubt it was built for these type of operations.

I mostly agree but the DeepSeek LLM I think is separate from their quant finance operations. It's open source and not particularly finance focused.

Because the Chinese government has its hands in everything that happens in china….

OpenAI is stereotypically (modern/contemporary) American. There's the glorification of the founder(s), the mediocre and overhyped product, the weird talks and keynotes given by the leader(s) that are both delusional and hype generating, the insane valuations, topped off with enough drama to keep the news cycle focused on them. The American dream, or something. It's bizarre and not seen that often outside of the US.

I don't see why it wouldn't be "American", and I think it goes without saying that it is.

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