Demis Hassabis, Google's AI Chief, feels confident in the company's ability to maintain its lead in the AI sector despite the emergence of China's DeepSeek.

Despite it rattling markets and Silicon Valley, Google’s (GOOGL) artificial intelligence head isn’t worried about Chinese AI startup, DeepSeek.Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis told the tech giant’s employees that when looking “into the details” of DeepSeek’s AI models,

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis downplayed concerns about China’s DeepSeek AI by stating that Google has superior AI technology,

Google’s AI chief told employees that he’s not worried about China’s DeepSeek and said the search giant has superior artificial intelligence technology, according to audio of an all-hands meeting in Paris on Wednesday.

Googles artificial intelligence division is not concerned about competition from Chinese AI developer DeepSeek, according to internal reassurances by its leadership, CNBC reports. Google DeepMind's CEO,

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that DeepSeeks AI model is probably China's most impressive work but noted that it relies on existing techniques, suggesting the hype around it is a bit exaggerated.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s claim of developing a powerful AI model at a much lower cost than major tech giants like Alphabet’s (GOOGL)