Stirewalt: DeepSeek sharpens AI arms race — and MAGA tensions

The revelation that China’s DeepSeek has built a better artificial intelligence (AI) mousetrap than its much richer American counterparts set off a panic among tech investors Monday, causing the Nasdaq index to plummet. DeepSeek’s success despite Washington’s blockade on high-powered Chinese chips set off a similar freak-out among the ascendant AI barons — who just…