Forget what you thought you knew about AI because DeepSeek has turned 2025 on its head. The Chinese startup dropped its R1 model, and instantly put OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the dust.

Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI Assistant on Monday overtook rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States. Powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model,

A Chinese AI chatbot has made waves recently, and it's now passed ChatGPT to become the top free app on the US App Store.

This isn’t just about the TikTok precedent here. It’s about reciprocity, considering that China doesn’t allow products like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Meta AI. Apple Intelligence is also unavailable in China, as Apple has to partner with a local AI provider to release it. By the way, TikTok is also unavailable in China.

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the riv

While the chatbots offer similar answers, the free version of China's ultra-efficient model has no messaging limits. But privacy concerns might have you sticking with ChatGPT.

However, the consensus is that DeepSeek is superior to ChatGPT for more technical tasks. If you use AI chatbots for logical reasoning, coding, or mathematical equations, you might want to try DeepSeek because you might find its outputs better.

Details about the nature or extent of the cyberattack remain skimpy. DeepSeek has not disclosed whether existing users or their data have been compromised, leaving many questions unanswered. (Via: Reuters) The incident follows an earlier series of outages on Monday,

DeepSeek has become the most downloaded free app in the US just a week after it was launched. So how does it compare to its much more established and apparently much more expensive US rivals, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini?