Washington DC, Jan. 29 -- In her first press briefing on Tuesday (local time), US Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt while talking about DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops open-source large language models, said that as per US President Trump, this is a wake up call for American AI.

When asked if Trump saw anything fishy about DeepSeek- either its origins or cost and if China's ability to make these models quicker cheaper affect US thinking about expanding generation data centers, Leavitt said that Trump appointed the first AI czar to ensure American AI dominance.

"The President was asked about DeepSeek last night on Air Force 1 when he gaggled for the third or fourth time throughout the weekend with members...