BARCELONA, Spain -- The rise of China's DeepSeek and its more efficient AI models will not dent the industry's appetite for higher-spec optical connectivity technologies, according to Ciena, one of the leading providers of such solutions.
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Dejan Bilbija, director of sales systems engineering at Ciena, says ultrafast data transmission speeds will be needed to make generative AI technology as efficient as possible. (Photos by Lauly Li)
BARCELONA, Spain -- The rise of China's DeepSeek and its more efficient AI models will not dent the industry's appetite for higher-spec optical connectivity technologies, according to Ciena, one of the leading providers of such solutions.