Michael Levitt, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, said on Sunday at a tech innovation conference in Changsha that he uses Chinese AI tools DeepSeek and Kimi every day, alongside U.S.-based products such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
Levitt, who won the 2013 Nobel Prize for his work on biomolecular computational modeling and is a professor at Stanford University, emphasized that AI is helpful in virtually all fields. He encouraged users to experiment freely with artificial intelligence and to maintain the curiosity of an eight-year-old when interacting with AI.
Known as one of the first scientists to “see life through computation,” Levitt has increasingly focused his research on AI. He remarked that China is rapidly building a research ecosystem that outpaces the West and demonstrates a strong ability to turn technology into everyday applications.
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