Headline Roundup • January 28th, 2025
What is DeepSeek?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI research lab that recently released an open source AI model, R1, rivaling ChatGPT.
How DeepSeek Differs From ChatGPT: DeepSeek's chatbot nearly matches the capability of ChatGPT at a fraction of the development cost. R1, released on Jan. 20 was designed for complex problem-solving and is in the top ten in global performance. Unlike the latest versions of ChatGPT, DeepSeek's open source model means that any AI developer can use it.
The Details: DeepSeek generated more intrigue on Monday in announcing that it was limiting new registrations because of an undisclosed cyberattack. Nvidia and other tech stocks fell following the release of the chatbot. Meta's Chief AI scientist Yann LeCun said, “It's not that China's AI is ‘surpassing the US,’ but rather that ‘open source models are surpassing proprietary ones.’”
How The Media Covered It: MarketWatch (Center bias) covered the buzz and the cyberattacks aimed at DeepSeek, while Fox Business (Lean Right) focused on the stock market changes. Wired (Lean Left) detailed the history of DeepSeek.
Featured Coverage of this Story
The upstart ChatGPT competitor DeepSeek has investors challenging their pre-existing notions of the spending required to develop artificial-intelligence tools. But the Chinese company has also found itself facing challenges of its own on Monday — including hacks and accusations of censorship. DeepSeek was founded in 2023, and it just released its R1 large language AI model last week. Like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, DeepSeek’s model is designed for natural language processing — but, unlike the newest versions of ChatGPT, DeepSeek’s open-source model means that any AI developer can use it.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is gaining attention in Silicon Valley as the company appears to be nearly matching the capability of chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, but at a fraction of the development cost. DeepSeek has surged in popularity in global app stores since the app was released earlier this month, having been downloaded1.6 million times by Jan. 25 in the U.S. and ranking No. 1 in iPhone app stores in Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, the U.S. and the U.K. Unlike ChatGPT and other major AI competitors, DeepSeek is open-source, allowing...
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Wired
On January 20, DeepSeek, a relatively unknown AI research lab from China, released an open source model that’s quickly become the talk of the town in Silicon Valley. According to a paper authored by the company, DeepSeek-R1 beats the industry’s leading models like OpenAI o1 on several math and reasoning benchmarks. In fact, on many metrics that matter—capability, cost, openness—DeepSeek is giving Western AI giants a run for their money. DeepSeek’s success points to an unintended outcome of the tech cold war between the US and China. US export controls...
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