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DeepSeek gives Huawei preferential model access

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What happened: On February 25, Reuters reported that DeepSeek is breaking industry norms by giving domestic suppliers like Huawei early access to its upcoming V4 model.

According to anonymous sources, DeepSeek hasn't shared its model with Nvidia or AMD for performance optimization, giving Chinese c...