US AI’S LEAD OVER CHINA JUST HIT A RECORD LOW. TOP CHINESE MODELS NOW TRAIL BY ONLY 3% ON BENCHMARKS AFTER DEEPSEEK V4.1 FLASH. THAT GAP WAS ABOUT 9% IN MAY AND 15% EARLIER THIS YEAR, PER BLOOMBERG INTELLIGENCE. DEEPSEEK SCORED 81.1 ON LIVEBENCH AND RANKED 6TH

US AI’S LEAD OVER CHINA JUST HIT A RECORD LOW. TOP CHINESE MODELS NOW TRAIL BY ONLY 3% ON BENCHMARKS AFTER DEEPSEEK V4.1 FLASH. THAT GAP WAS ABOUT 9% IN MAY AND 15% EARLIER THIS YEAR, PER BLOOMBERG INTELLIGENCE. DEEPSEEK SCORED 81.1 ON LIVEBENCH AND RANKED 6TH GLOBALLY. ANTHROPIC’S BEST SAT AT 83.4. CLOSE ON THE SCOREBOARD. STILL ONLY 3 CHINESE MODELS IN THE TOP 15.