The chatbot from China appears to perform a number of tasks as well as its American competitors do, but it censors topics such as Tiananmen Square.

The emergence of China-based AI app DeepSeek sent shares plummeting on Monday for many U.S. tech giants, including chipmaker Nvidia and AI-backer Microsoft. Nvidia, which helped catapult market wide gains in recent years,

A dirt-cheap Chinese chat-bot threatens to burst the US tech bubble and sink President Donald Trump's plans to restore American global dominance.

Major US technology firms stocks dropped after the emergence of a low-cost chatbot built by a Chinese AI firm.

Fear that the artificial-intelligence trade driving the market is unraveling sent shares of market leader Nvidia and many others, down sharply Monday. Exactly what the emergence of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot,

US tech giant Nvidia lost over a sixth of its value after the surging popularity of a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app spooked investors in the US and Europe. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI chatbot reportedly made at a fraction of the cost of its rivals, launched last week but has already become the the most downloaded free app in the US.

The Chinese app has soared to the top of app store charts and claims to match ChatGPT’s performance in some tasks.

You first need to tell AI what kind of expert you need. Using the phrasing “Act as if …” is a good way to start. “Act as if you are an expert on microbiology,” or “Act as if you are a 16th century bard who has to write a poem for a king or your head will get chopped off if it is not humorous and funny.”

Announced a week ago, DeepSeek-R1 — a model which is said to use more concise “reasoning patterns”, less data, and lower-cost chips than leading US models — has helped DeepSeek's app top the Apple App Store charts in Australia, the US, and UK.

Microsoft Copilot will become Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, the second rebranding since the AI assistant debuted in 2023.

In what marks the largest single-day drop in stock market history, Nvidia's valuation has been hit by China's answer to ChatGPT.

The emergence of China-based AI app DeepSeek sent shares plummeting on Monday for many U.S. tech giants, including chipmaker Nvidia and AI-backer Microsoft.