Chinese Chatbot DeepSeek Leaps to Top Spot On App Store, Overtaking ChatGPT

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Issued on: 27/01/2025 – 14:14

DeepSeek not only has a charming whale as its logo, but is quick becoming a whale of a gamer in the AI game. The Chinese chatbot has jumped to the top of the iPhone App Store downloads leaderboard in the US, surpassing ChatGPT, and in France it’s currently sitting in second location. It’s totally free to use and open source, with the Chinese company saying it used cheaper computer chips and less information than its American rival OpenAI.

Tech giants like Nvidia, Meta and Alphabet have actually poured hundreds of billions of dollars into expert system, now the supply chain everyone has been purchasing appearances like it has major competition, and the news has scared tech stocks worldwide. We take a closer look.

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