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US Startups Are Quietly Replacing OpenAI and Anthropic With Chinese AI
US startups are increasingly switching to Chinese AI models due to significantly lower costs. Chinese models dominate OpenRouter traffic, largely displacing US-developed systems, as cost differences are vast - DeepSeek offers services at $0.14 per million tokens, compared to OpenAI's $5.00. However, this shift raises concerns about data privacy and security risks, with US lawmakers investigating potential cybersecurity threats from these models.
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