DeepSeek is the new AI chatbot on everybody’s lips and is currently sitting at the top of Apple ’s App Store in the US and the UK. A completely free AI model built by a Chinese start-up, DeepSeek wants to make AI even more accessible to the masses by offering a competitor to OpenAI ’s ChatGPT o1 reasoning model without a fee.

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 rival of OpenAI's ChatGPT.

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.

There's a new AI game in town called DeepSeek. Owned by the Chinese stock trading firm High-Flyer, it has risen in popularity at an alarming rate, putting other AI chatbots like Google Gemini and ChatGPT on notice.

DeepSeek has emerged as a significant player in the world of AI chatbots, almost overnight — making waves powerful enough to impact US tech stocks with its impressive performance. This Chinese AI startup has quickly risen to the top free app on Apple's App Store in the US and UK,