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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Nazi Germany

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Lee, C. M. (2026, September 15). DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Nazi Germany. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3367605/deepseek-ai-engineer-slams-anthropic-openai-over-pacing-calls-invokes-nazi-germany?utm_source=rss_feed

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-09-15 · by Chong Ming Lee

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Liu Shengyu, an engineer at DeepSeek AI, criticized companies like Anthropic and OpenAI for not making their cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology open-source and affordable. In a social media post on Monday, Liu expressed concerns that these firms' closed-source approaches could lead to monopolies over advanced AI technologies, including AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), which he views as potentially dangerous if controlled by just a few entities.
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Liu Shengyu, an engineer at DeepSeek and developer of their V4.1 models, criticized Anthropic and OpenAI for not making advanced AI "open and affordable" on Monday. Liu accused the companies of having a closed-source approach compared to DeepSeek’s open-source model philosophy. He expressed particular concern about Anthropic potentially mastering AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), invoking historical analogies to suggest caution regarding rapid technological advancements, drawing comparisons to Nazi Germany. This debate underscores growing tensions over AI development pace and governance amidst rising safety concerns.

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Heated rhetoric highlights tensions over how quickly artificial intelligence should advance and who should shape its future amid mounting safety concerns Liu Shengyu, a DeepSeek engineer behind the company’s V4.1 models, said he did not trust Anthropic or OpenAI to make cutting-edge AI “open and affordable”, contrasting their closed-source approach with DeepSeek’s embrace of open-source models. “I especially don’t want Anthropic to master the most advanced artificial intelligence or AGI,” he wrote in a social media post on Monday.
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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Nazi Germany · assertive framing

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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Nazi Germany asserted
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Heated rhetoric highlights tensions over how quickly artificial intelligence should advance and who should shape its future amid mounting safety concerns Liu Shengyu, a DeepSeek engineer behind the company’s V4.1 models, said he did not trust Anthropic or OpenAI to make cutting-edge AI “open and affordable”, contrasting their closed-source approach with DeepSeek’s embrace of open-source models. “I especially don’t want Anthropic to master the most advanced artificial intelligence or AGI,” he wrote in a social media post on Monday. asserted
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AGI broadly refers to AI systems that match or surpass human-level intelligence. asserted
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