The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims its latest AI model performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced, more energy efficient computer chips.

China’s AI chatbot DeepSeek has sparked controversy for its refusal to discuss sensitive topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre and territorial disputes. Its advanced capabilities, attributed to possible reverse-engineering of US AI models,

Government policies, generous funding and a pipeline of AI graduates have helped Chinese firms create advanced LLMs.

The 40-year-old founder of China's DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built up a hedge fund that now manages a reported $8 billion in assets.

DeepSeek is a new artificial intelligence chatbot that’s sending shock waves through Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Washington. The app, named after the Chinese start-up that built it, rocketed to the top of Apple’s App Store in the United States over the weekend.

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Those who have had professional dealings with DeepSeek say he is obsessed with human-like artificial general intelligence ( AGI) and the impact it could have on the world. In his pursuit of it, DeepSeek’s founder is upending ideas about technological progress both in the West and China.

DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to US giants like OpenAI, despite fears of censorship around issues sensitive to Beijing

China's DeepSeek AI chatbot refused to discuss topics like Tiananmen Square massacre, India-China relations, China-Taiwan relations, and other politically 'sensitive' issues, while providing a limited response on other related topics such as the Kashmir conflict,

The founder of artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek, touted as 2025's "biggest dark horse" in the open-source large language model (LLM) arena, emerged as the industry's new face in China at a symposium hosted by Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Monday.

A $1 trillion wipeout in the US stock market has given Liang Wenfeng a new burst of online stardom, with one Chinese paper calling him a "great god."