As China’s DeepSeek grabs headlines around the world for its disruptively low-cost AI, it is only natural that its models are coming under intense scrutiny—and some researchers are not liking what they see.
U.S. companies were spooked when the Chinese startup released models said to match or outperform leading American ones at a fraction of the cost.
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People across China have taken to social media to hail the success of its homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company unveiled its newest artificial intelligence model, sending shock waves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
Chinese tech company Alibaba released a new version of the Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that surpasses DeepSeek's latest model.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that it was "invigorating" to have new competition in the AI industry with DeepSeek's emergence.
DeepSeek has delighted the Chinese internet ahead of Lunar New Year, the country's biggest holiday. It's good news for a beleaguered economy and a tech industry that is bracing for further tariffs and the possible sale of TikTok's US business.
China's DeepSeek, a ChatGPT competitor reportedly built for just $6 million, has sent shockwaves and challenged assumptions about AI development costs.
DeepSeek was the most downloaded free app on Apple's US App Store over the weekend. By Monday, the new AI chatbot had triggered a massive sell-off of major tech stocks which were in freefall as fears mounted over America's leadership in the sector.
U.S. officials are looking at the national security implications of the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday, while President Donald Trump's crypto czar said it was possible that intellectual property theft could have been at play.
Global chip stocks slumped Monday on DeepSeek revealing it had developed AI models that nearly matched American rivals despite using inferior chips.