DeepSeek poaching fears overblown: Chinese big tech would rather distill Claude
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-11
Commentator teortaxesTex argues that while DeepSeek's Wenfeng worries about talent poaching, he may overestimate the competition: Chinese big IT companies fundamentally don't believe in domestic genius and behave like merchants — doing SEO and distilling Claude rather than fighting over top-tier researchers.
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