This isn’t just about the TikTok precedent here. It’s about reciprocity, considering that China doesn’t allow products like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Meta AI. Apple Intelligence is also unavailable in China, as Apple has to partner with a local AI provider to release it. By the way, TikTok is also unavailable in China.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged past OpenAIs ChatGPT in Apples App Store downloads, sparking national pride and raising concerns for U.S. tech giants. The company recently launched a free AI assistant that

In some ways, DeepSeek was far less censored than most Chinese platforms, offering answers with keywords that would often be quickly scrubbed on domestic social media. Other times, the program eventually censored itself.

DeepSeek is the new kid on the Artificial Intelligence-driven chatbot / large language model block, and it is threatening to blow the rest out of the water.

The competition for AI supremacy heats up among Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen 2.5-Max, DeepSeek’s models, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. DeepSeek’s efficiency challenges established giants, while Alibaba's release underscores the urgency of adapting to a shifting AI landscape.

DeepSeek blends hedge-fund-level financing, open-source ambition, and a deep-rooted mission to surpass human intelligence, all while managing to outshine established names like OpenAI. Yet, with such rapid growth come questions.