How Does DeepSeek's A.I. Chatbot Compare to ChatGPT and Other Competitors?
Briefly

DeepSeek, a new chatbot developed by the Chinese company DeepSeek, has generated significant buzz in the A.I. community and impacted the U.S. stock market. It has comparable capabilities to major competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic, yet was created with significantly fewer resources. Despite experiencing traffic-related outages and a cyber attack, it became the top free app on Apple's app store. The chatbot demonstrated impressive problem-solving abilities while exhibiting weaknesses in creative writing and was heavily censored for American users, notably avoiding sensitive topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre.
DeepSeek has quickly surged in popularity, becoming the most downloaded free app on Apple's app store and rivaling OpenAI's ChatGPT despite limited resources.
While DeepSeek displayed impressive capabilities in math, physics, and programming, it was heavily censored in its responses, particularly regarding sensitive historical events.
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