Social media exploded in a celebration after the news that a Chinese start-up had made an artificial intelligence tool that was more efficient than any in the United States.

China's success in building DeepSeek R1 AI with home-grown talent has renewed the debate over H-1B visas that US tech giants used to hire temporary workers, especially from India. Though DeepSeek AI is being used to bash the hiring of Indians through H-1B,

ChatGPT got that idea right. It said Winnie-the-Pooh had become a symbol of political satire and resistance, often used to mock or criticize Xi. It explained that internet users compared Xi to the bear because of perceived similarities in their physical appearance.