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 just has an adorable whale as its logo design, 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, overtaking ChatGPT, and in France it’s currently sitting in 2nd location. It’s totally free to use and open source, with the Chinese business stating it utilized less expensive computer chips and less data than its American competing OpenAI.

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

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