Global | BBVA Research Big Data Geopolitics Monitor. January 29, 2025

Summary

China takes a major leap forward in the global AI race despite US export control. EU to fast-track Ukraine membership bid in 2025.

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• Key points:
• China’s DeepSeek-R1, a LLM developed by start-up DeepSeek, has captured global attention with its capacity to match OpenAI’s o1 in complex tasks such as chemistry, mathematics and coding.
• The EU plans to expedite Ukraine’s accession by opening two negotiation clusters in the first half of the year, marking a significant step toward what could become the EU’s largest expansion in over two decades.

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