Here come the DeepSeek memes: Be very afraid, ChatGPT, Google, OpenAI

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s AI Assistant, powered by DeepSeek-V3, has overtaken rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple’s App Store in the United States.

It has sent shock waves through the global tech sector with the release of an artificial intelligence (AI) model whose capabilities rival the creations of Google and OpenAI.