DeepSeek, a company from China, faced ongoing website issues on Monday while its AI assistant became the most popular free app on Apple’s store in the U.S. The company fixed problems related to its application programming interface and users’ ability to log in, as stated on its status page. These outages were the longest in the past three months and coincided with the app’s rising popularity.
The DeepSeek-V3 model powers an AI application that has become very popular among users in the U.S. since its launch on January 10, according to the app research firm Sensor Tower. The developers of DeepSeek state that their model leads among open-source AI options and competes with the best closed-source models worldwide.
DeepSeek’s innovative technology made a big impact in Silicon Valley. It challenged the long-standing belief that the U.S. is the leader in artificial intelligence. This shift has led Washington to rethink its export control policies related to the Chinese AI and chip industries.
DeepSeek achieved success despite US restrictions on selling advanced processors to China. Since 2021, the Biden administration has imposed stricter rules to prevent Chinese firms from utilizing advanced semiconductors for AI training. Researchers at DeepSeek stated that their DeepSeek-V3 model was trained using Nvidia’s H800 chips, costing less than $6 million in total.
The controversial comment about the type of chip seems to go against US regulations, as experts question the technology level utilized in DeepSeek’s research, which relies on less restricted advanced processors. Numerous tech CEOs in the US express doubts about the success of these legislative measures aimed at curbing Chinese progress in AI technology.
DeepSeek, a startup from China, was established in Hangzhou in 2023 and rapidly achieved success as numerous Chinese tech companies launched their AI models. It made a notable impact by being the first Chinese large-language model to earn high praise from American technology experts, who assert that it surpasses some of the leading models from the US.
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