Chinese Chatbot DeepSeek Leaps to Top Spot On App Store, Overtaking ChatGPT

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Issued on: 27/01/2025 – 14:14

DeepSeek not only has an adorable whale as its logo, but is quick becoming a whale of a player in the AI video game. The Chinese chatbot has leapt to the top of the iPhone App Store downloads leaderboard in the US, overtaking ChatGPT, and in France it’s currently sitting in 2nd location. It’s free to use and open source, with the Chinese business stating it used more computer chips and less data than its American rival OpenAI.

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