FILE - Baidu chairman and CEO Robin Li speaks during the 2018 Baidu World conference in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

The logo for the app DeepSeek is seen on an iPhone Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

FILE - Women wearing masks to pass by the headquarters of ByteDance, owners of TikTok, in Beijing, China, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

The smartphone apps DeepSeek page is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

FILE - The Alibaba logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

An AI robot moves past an office information board showing the DeepSeek smartphone apps company in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)