Meta’s chief AI scientist says market reaction to DeepSeek was ‘woefully unjustified.’ Here’s why.

• DeepSeek’s success has put Silicon Valley on edge over Chinese competition.
• After DeepSeek released its latest model, AI investors panicked.
• Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, said the market’s reaction to DeepSeek was “unjustified.”

Silicon Valley is melting down over DeepSeek, an emerging Chinese competitor in the AI landscape, but Meta’s AI chief says the hysteria is unwarranted.

DeepSeek caused alarm among US AI companies when it released a model last…