(FILES) This file photo illustration shows the DeepSeek app on a mobile phone in Beijing on January 27, 2025. For weeks now, the global tech industry has been waiting for a major artificial intelligence launch from DeepSeek, seen as a benchmark for China's progress in the fast-moving field.More than a year has passed since the startup put Chinese AI on the map in early 2025 with a low-cost chatbot that performed at a similar level to US rivals.But despite reports and rumours about its imminent release, DeepSeek's next-generation "V4" model is nowhere in sight. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH STORY: China-technology-AI-DeepSeek, FOCUS by Katie Forster, with Luna Lin

This photo taken on April 1, 2026 shows the prospective site for a data center is seen after the project was scrapped following protests in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Rubble litters a vacant lot in New Brunswick, bordered by a railway line on one side and homes on another. This former automotive plant was the place where Amzak Capital Management intended to construct a data center as artificial intelligence drives voracious demand for such infrastructure. Nine days before a scheduled city council vote in mid-February, residents learned of the project and sounded an alarm. (Photo by Thomas URBAIN / AFP via Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 08: Andy Konwinski speaks onstage during the "When Does Science Fiction Become Reality?" panel at the HumanX Conference San Franciso 2026 Moscone Center South on April 08, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 08: Neal Stephenson speaks onstage during the "When Does Science Fiction Become Reality?" panel at the HumanX Conference San Franciso 2026 Moscone Center South on April 08, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 08: Neal Stephenson speaks onstage during the "When Does Science Fiction Become Reality?" panel at the HumanX Conference San Franciso 2026 Moscone Center South on April 08, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 08: Andy Konwinski speaks onstage during the "When Does Science Fiction Become Reality?" panel at the HumanX Conference San Franciso 2026 Moscone Center South on April 08, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 08: Andy Konwinski speaks onstage during the "When Does Science Fiction Become Reality?" panel at the HumanX Conference San Franciso 2026 Moscone Center South on April 08, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 08: (L-R) Andy Konwinski and Neal Stephenson speak onstage during the "When Does Science Fiction Become Reality?" panel at the HumanX Conference San Franciso 2026 Moscone Center South on April 08, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX Conference)