DeepSeek: The Chinese AI app that has the world talking | DeepSeek ban has started in the US
DeepSeek: The Chinese AI app that has the world talking Kelly Ng, Brandon Drenon, Tom Gerken and Marc Cieslak DeepSeek has stunned the world - what do we know about it? DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, made headlines worldwide after it topped app download charts and caused US tech stocks to sink. In January, it released its latest model, DeepSeek R1, which it said rivalled technology developed by ChatGPT-maker OpenAI in its capabilities, while costing far less to create. Its popularity and potential rattled investors, wiping billions of dollars off the market value of chip giant Nvidia - and called into question whether American firms would dominate the booming artificial intelligence (AI) market, as many assumed they would. President Donald Trump described it as a "wake-up call" for US companies. Advertisement What is artificial intelligence? To understand why DeepSeek has made such a stir, it helps to start with AI and its capability to make a...