U.S. Commerce Sec. Lutnick says American AI dominates DeepSeek, thanks Trump for AI Action Plan — OpenAI and Anthropic beat Chinese models across 19 different benchmarks

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick praises American AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic for outperforming Chinese DeepSeek models across 19 benchmarks in a recent NIST study. Lutnick credits President Trump's AI Action Plan for boosting American AI innovation and infrastructure. The study highlights American models' superiority in software engineering and cyber tasks, with cost efficiency and improved security. Despite Chinese AI company DeepSeek releasing new models, concerns persist over potential risks to national security posed by their adoption.