[The Performance Gap Between Top U.S. and Chinese AI Models Narrows to 3%, Hitting a Historic Low] Odaily Planet Daily News: With continued advancements from Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek, the performance lead of top U.S. AI models over Chinese models has narrowed to approximately 3%, down from about 9% in May and 15% at the beginning of the year, marking a historic low. The DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, released in September, ranked sixth globally on LiveBench with a score of 81.1, close to Anthropic's top score of 83.4. Bloomberg Industry Research senior analyst Robert Lea noted that Chinese AI models continue to improve in professional capabilities and optimization for domestic hardware, but commercialization still faces challenges such as low profit margins, price competition, and pressure from a large number of competing models. (Bloomberg)