DeepSeek: Mysterious Chinese AI becomes most popular app
DeepSeek: Mysterious Chinese AI becomes most popular app
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Little is known about secretive and new startup behind powerful artificial intelligence system. An AI assistant made a largely anonymous Chinese company has become the most popular free application on iPhones. DeepSeek, made by a Chinese startup, overtook OpenAI’s ChatGPT to become the top-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the US.
The app’s AI features have been praised for being both smarter and more efficient than those made by famous US companies such as OpenAI. But the popularity has also led to troubling questions in Silicon Valley, where some have suggested that the popularity and power of the assistant could undermine its vast artificial intelligence industry.
Powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, which its creators say “tops the leaderboard among open-source models and rivals the most advanced closed-source models globally”, the artificial intelligence application has surged in popularity among U.S. users since it was released on Jan. 10, according to app data research firm Sensor Tower.
The milestone highlights how DeepSeek has left a deep impression on Silicon Valley, upending widely held views about US primacy in AI and the effectiveness of Washington’s export controls targeting China’s advanced chip and AI capabilities. AI models from ChatGPT to DeepSeek require advanced chips to power their training. The Biden administration has since 2021 widened the scope of bans designed to stop these chips from being exported to China and used to train Chinese firms’ AI models.
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