United Kingdom, Feb. 10 -- Google's DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis thinks DeepSeek is China's "best work" - but has insisted there is "no actual new scientific advance" with the artificial intelligence (AI) model.

While the tech boss is impressed with the machine-learning model, Hassabis insisted "the hype" around DeekSeek has been overblown because the software is reliant on "known techniques", many of which were developed by DeepMind.

According to Business Insider, Hassabis said yesterday (09.02.25) in Paris ahead of the AI Action Summit: "I mean, just briefly, on DeepSeek, it's an impressive piece of work, and I think it's probably the best work I've seen come out of China.

"But it's important to understand that despite the hype, there...