Death of Five Top Chinese AI Scientists Raises Concerns

A media report suggests that they succumbed to heavy work pressure as China is locked in a tech war with the US in the Artificial Intelligence field

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Five top Chinese AI scientists have died prematurely in recent years succumbing to heavy work pressure as China is locked in a tech war with the US in the Artificial Intelligence field, a media report said on Tuesday.

China was abuzz this year with DeepSeek, the latest AI offering that drew global attention for its low-cost model. Further, DeepSeek's R1 used a fraction of compute power as compared to established AI models like ChatGPT.

Also, DeepSeek overtook ChatGPT as the top-ranked free app on Apple's Appstore, as the US tech industry that has long justified injecting billions of dollars into AI investments - watched in sheer disbelief. But while China has a growing AI talent pool and home-grown success stories, the country has also lost some of its leading figures in the crucial sector, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.