"It's using known techniques, actually many of the techniques we invented at Google and at DeepMind," Demis Hassabis said on Sunday.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s claim of developing a powerful AI model at a much lower cost than major tech giants like Alphabet’s (GOOGL)

Deepseek's AI model "is probably the best work" out of China, Demis Hassabis said on Sunday, but added it was not a scientific advancement.

The notion that China’s DeepSeek spent under $6 million to develop its artificial intelligence system is “exaggerated and a little bit misleading,” according Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis.

Google DeepMind CEO, Demis Hassabis, has commended the AI model of Chinese firm, Deepseek, describing it as "probably the best work" to have surfaced from China. While Hassabis praised DeepSeek's model,

Ahead of the Paris AI Action Summit, Demis Hassabis praised the Chinese startup behind DeepSeek R1 but said the hype around the new AI model was exaggerated.

Demis Hassabis, Nobel laureate and head of Google DeepMind, has praised the work behind DeepSeek AI, but called all the hype "exaggerated."

Despite rattling global tech stocks with competitive artificial intelligence models, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek didn’t introduce anything new, a Google (GOOGL) executive said.