A July 2025 audit by NewsGuard, the misinformation tracking organization, tested five leading Chinese AI models on claims with a pro-China slant. AdvertisementDeepSeek, arguably the most prominent Chinese AI model on the global stage, fared even worse in a separate evaluation. Competitive but complicatedThe quality concerns exist in tension with a separate and equally important trend: Chinese AI models are getting genuinely competitive on performance benchmarks. Stanford’s 2026 AI Index reported that since early 2025, the performance gap between US and Chinese models has effectively closed. The open-weight nature of many Chinese models amplifies these concerns.