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When China disrupted the AI race in 2025 with the release of DeepSeek R1, it erased $1tr from America’s capital markets, and it continues to compete on ability, cost and openness, reports The Economist

Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, June 29th, 2026

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