"It's using known techniques, actually many of the techniques we invented at Google and at DeepMind," Demis Hassabis said on Sunday.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said Chinese startup DeepSeek has done very good work that showed how global artificial intelligence is.

Google, Alphabet, GOOG CEO Sundar Pichai calls Gemini Flash AI models more efficient than DeepSeek R1 and V3 on 4Q earnings call.

Deepseek's AI model "is probably the best work" out of China, Demis Hassabis said on Sunday, but added it was not a scientific advancement.

Pichai expected Alphabet to be a leading player in the AI space but said others would be there in that space too, he said at the World Governments Summit held in Dubai.