UK media: Saudi Aramco praises DeepSeek for boosting its operational efficiency

The Financial Times published an article on the 4th, stating that Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, said that the technology from Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek (DeepSeek) has brought "enormous changes" to the company, helping it to improve operational efficiency. The summary of the article is as follows:

Saudi Aramco's flagship data center has introduced DeepSeek's technology. On the 4th, Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, stated that the algorithms and software developed by DeepSeek are "undoubtedly a very interesting technological innovation," which is helping the company to increase efficiency and reduce the amount of resources needed for the same tasks.

DeepSeek released its open-source model, DeepSeek-R1, in January this year. Nasser said, "In terms of how to benefit from existing computing systems and maximize their value, the technology from this Chinese company has indeed brought about enormous changes." Nasser noted that Saudi Aramco is heavily investing in the field of artificial intelligence and has partnered with "all major high-tech companies."

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries are actively collaborating with tech companies to advance their artificial intelligence infrastructure. For example, Saudi Arabia's venture capital arm invested in Chinese AI company Zhipu AI last year.