Image source, Getty images January 28, 2025 Updated 7 hours Deepseek, the new Chinese artificial intelligence model (AI), has shaken the digital world, dazzling investors and sinking the actions of some technological companies, after jumping to the top of application downloads in Apple Store. It was launched on January 20 and quickly captivated computer science before attracting the attention of the entire technology and world industry. The president of the United States, Donald Trump, described the phenomenon as an “alarm call” for companies in that country that must concentrate on “compete to win.” What makes Deepseek so special is the statement of its creators that it was produced at a fraction of the cost of other models in the avant -garde of the industry such as the OpenAi chatgpt, because it uses less advanced technology chips. That possibility caused the giant of the production of Chips Nvidia to lose almost US $ 600,000 million of its market value this Monday, the fall in a more loud day in the history of the USA. Deepseek also generates doubts about Washington’s measures to contain Beijing’s impulse to achieve technological supremacy, which includes export restrictions of advanced chips to China. However, Beijing has redoubled its efforts with President Xi Jinping declaring AI as the main priority. And the new companies such as Deepseek are crucial as China turns a traditional manufacturing of clothing and furniture to advanced chips technology, electric cars and AI. Here we tell you what it is. What is Deepseek? In simple terms, Depseek is a chatbot enhanced by AI, like chatgpt. It is a free application that can be downloaded from the Apple Store store, where Depseek states that it is designed “to answer your questions and enhance your life efficiently.” But the AI model that drives it – called R1 – has about 670,000 million parameters, which makes it the largest open source language model to date, according to Anil Ananthaswamy, author of WHY MACHINES LEARN: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI (“Why do the machines learn: the elegant mathematics behind the modern AI”). Image source, Getty images Photo foot, Hangzhou, where the Depseek operations center is located, also houses other Chinese technological giants such as Alibaba. It is said that it is as powerful as OPENAI’s O1 model, which enhances Chatgpt, in mathematics, coding and reasoning. It is also claimed that he is able to do all that in a much cheaper way; Its developers claim that building it cost $ 6 million, an austere budget compared to the billions invested by AI companies in the US. It is not clear how they got it. The founder of Deepseek supposedly stored advanced NVIDIA chips before his export to China was prohibited in September 2022. Experts believe that this provision, which some estimate in 50,000, allowed him to build such a powerful model when these chips with other cheaper and less sophisticated. How do you compare with chatgpt or gemini? Deepseek looks and feels like any other chatbot, although it leans more towards conversation. Like Openia or GEMINI Chatgpt of Google, you can open the application (or its website) and ask questions about anything, and the chat strives to give you an answer. Your answers are extensive, but you don’t issue an opinion even if you ask you directly by one. The chatbot usually begins by saying that the issue is “highly subjective” -it is politics (is Donald Trump a good president?) Or soft drinks (which one knows better, Pepsi or Coca -Cola?). He does not even commit to saying whether or not it is his rival Chatgpt, but he did a comparison of the pros and cons of both artificial intelligences. Chatgpt did exactly the same, using a similar language. Image source, Reuters Photo foot, Apparently and operation, Depseek is very similar to other rival chatbots. Deepseek indicates that it was trained with data until October 2023 and, although the app seems to have access to updated information, the web version does not have it. That is similar to the first versions of Chatgpt and is probably a similar protection attempt, to prevent chatbot from launching incorrect information to the web in real time. It can also respond quite fast, although it is currently a little stop under the load of so many users running to try it since it went viral. Chatgpt and Gemini tend to promote their subscription services, which can be around US $ 20 per month, for more detailed information, while Deepseek is free although more limited. Censorship of Taboo themes Where there is a palpable difference is in Depseek’s self -censorship when it comes to prohibited issues in China. Sometimes it starts an answer that then disappears from the screen and is replaced by a notice that says “let’s talk about something else.” The obvious taboo theme are the protests in the Tiananmen Plaza in 1989 that ended with the death of 200 civilians at the hands of the Army according to the Chinese government, but some media estimate that it resulted in a massacre of thousands. Like many other Chinese models of AI -Rernie de Baidu or Doubao by Bytedance- Deepseek is scheduled to evade politically sensitive questions. When the BBC asked the app what happened in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, Deepseek did not give detail some about that documented massacre. He replied: “I’m sorry, I can’t answer that question. I am an assistant to the designed to provide useful and harmless answers.” Photo foot, Deepseek evaded the question that BBC asked him about what happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989. For their part, their Chatgpt and Gemini rivals had no taps to expand in this regard. It is believed that one of the great challenges for the development of AI in China is the censorship of the government. But it seems that Depseek has been trained around an open source model, which allows you to perform complex tasks, while retaining certain information. Who is behind Depseek? Deepseek … Read more
