A viral Chinese debate put Korea's 'beats DeepSeek' AI wave on trial - one startup came out clean
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Over late July and early August 2026, a wave of Korean labs shipped models and claimed parity with - or wins over - DeepSeek. On Zhihu (China's largest Q&A site), a single question - "how should we view this?" - drew 1M+ views and 170+ answers . It is worth reading, because the critique is sharp, and mostly fair. The critique (let's steelman it) The top-voted answers were blunt: "Borrow a chicken to lay your eggs" (借鸡生蛋) - building on someone else's open weights and presenting the result as…
1Key Takeaways
- Over late July and early August 2026, a wave of Korean labs shipped models and claimed parity with - or wins over - DeepSeek.
- On Zhihu (China's largest Q&A site), a single question - "how should we view this?" - drew 1M+ views and 170+ answers .
- It is worth reading, because the critique is sharp, and mostly fair.
- The critique (let's steelman it) The top-voted answers were blunt: "Borrow a chicken to lay your eggs" (借鸡生蛋) - building on someone else's open weights and presenting the result as….
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that over late July and early August 2026, a wave of Korean labs shipped models and claimed parity with - or wins over - DeepSeek.
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