Death of five top Chinese AI scientists in recent years raises concerns over pressures of competition

BEIJING: 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.