Deepseek ‘temporarily limits’ registrations due to large-scale ‘malicious attacks’

On Monday, Chinese AI company DeepSeek announced that registration is now open exclusively to users with phone numbers from mainland China. It remains uncertain whether people with phone numbers from other regions will eventually gain access or if this restriction is only temporary.

US stocks dropped sharply on Monday, led by technology shares, as surging interest in Chinese startup DeepSeek’s low-cost artificial intelligence model raised doubts over the sector’s lofty valuations.