Chen Deli, a researcher at DeepSeek, emphasized at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen that although AI brings short-term benefits, it could have a major negative impact on humanity in the long term.

In the next 5-10 years, AI technologies could lead to massive job losses, and in 10-20 years, AI systems could take over most human tasks, generating significant challenges for society. Chen emphasized that AI firms need to become "guardians" against the risks created by their own technology. Although he is optimistic about the technological potential, he perceives the social impact in a much less favorable light.

DeepSeek gained global attention after the launch of its AI model R1, which surpassed several top models from the US, with a training cost of only $294,000, causing a shock reaction in the American market, where tech companies collectively lost about $1 trillion in market value.