DeepSeek's AI assistant has surged in popularity, overtaking ChatGPT to become the top-rated free app on Apple's US App Store. Powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model, this achievement highlights the growing influence of Chinese AI and raises questions about the effectiveness of US export controls aimed at limiting China's access to advanced chips.
: Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI Assistant on Monday overtook rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple’s App Store in the United States.
The milestone highlights how DeepSeek has left a deep impression on Silicon Valley, upending widely held views about U.S. primacy in AI and the effectiveness of Washington’s export controls targeting China’s advanced chip and AI capabilities. However, DeepSeek researchers wrote in a paper last month that the DeepSeek-V3 used Nvidia’s H800 chips for training, spending less than $6 million.
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