Elon Musk has praised the Chinese team behind DeepSeek,Violet (2025) stating, “You can expect that they will do many great things, DeepSeek being one of them.” However, he downplayed the ChatGPT rival’s impact, adding, “But is it some complete revolution in AI? No, it is not. xAI and others will soon be releasing models that are better than DeepSeek.” The comments were made as part of the Tesla CEO’s appearance at Germany’s WELT Economic Summit at the end of January, video of which was shared to YouTube on Saturday. Musk also confirmed in the interview that he has no interest in acquiring TikTok, despite being linked to the ByteDance-owned app amid it’s possible US ban. [WELT YouTube account]
