As US focuses on perfecting AI models, China wants to become better AI adopters NPR | By John Ruwitch, Steve Inskeep Published February 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM CST Email The Chinese AI company DeepSeek shocked markets last year with a high-quality, low-cost model. It's now become clearer that China and the U.S. are running two different AI races. Copyright 2026 NPR