Chinese start-up DeepSeek created a cost-efficient and powerful artificial intelligence model that appears to rival U.S. programs.

DeepSeek AI, favored by investors over ChatGPT, uses rapid advancements with cheaper chips as U.S. tech restrictions fuel China’s AI innovation.

After DeepSeek AI shocked the world and tanked the market, OpenAI says it has evidence that ChatGPT distillation was used to train the model.

The buzz around Chinese AI startup DeepSeek began picking up steam earlier this month, when the startup released R1, its model that rivals OpenAI’s o1.

The controversy arises as OpenAI claims DeepSeek plagiarized its plagiarism machine by allegedly using ChatGPT outputs for training. OpenAI has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of using a technique called “distillation” to train its own large language model (LLM) using outputs from ChatGPT.

Chinese AI company DeepSeek released an open-source LLM called DeepSeek R1, becoming the buzziest AI chatbot since ChatGPT. It's purportedly just as good — if not better — than OpenAI's models, cheaper to use,

Chinese startup DeepSeek has debuted an AI app that challenges OpenAI's ChatGPT and other U.S. rivals, sending a shock through Wall Street.

Chinese AI company DeepSeek has huge success on the Apple App Store: its AI assistant app is the top free app, beating OpenAI's ChatGPT app.

Microsoft and OpenAI investigate alleged unauthorized data access by DeepSeek-linked individuals while U.S. officials and tech leaders raise concerns about potential IP theft

What makes DeepSeek stand out is its affordability. While other top AI models like OpenAI's ChatGPT rely on expensive, advanced chips, DeepSeek is designed to be much cheaper by using fewer and less advanced chips.