DeepSeek is a new open-source AI model developed in China that claims to be cheaper and more potent than large language models based in the US, such as ChatGPT and Google's Gemini.

What is DeepSeek? Everything we know about the Chinese AI that has ‘changed everything’ - Why is DeepSeek better than ChatGPT?

Deepseek collects similar data to American-based AI models, but Chinese laws could make that data more accessible to the government.

Top White House advisers this week expressed alarm that China's DeepSeek may have benefited from a method that allegedly piggybacks off the advances of U.S. rivals called "distillation." The technique,

The start-up had become a key player in the “Chinese Large-Model Technology Avengers Team” that would counter US AI dominance, said another. China’s delight, however, spelled pain for several giant US technology companies as investors questioned whether DeepSeek’s breakthrough undermined the case for their colossal spending on AI infrastructure.