Let’s talk about DeepSeek AI
What is DeepSeek?
DeepSeek is a China-based AI company founded by Liang Wenfeng in 2023. Recently the company’s AI models (DeepSeek V3 and R-1) made headlines for standing out with its generative capacities.
How is DeepSeek different?
Firstly, DeepSeek is open-source – meaning developers worldwide can contribute to improving it. Another factor fueling DeepSeek’s hype is cost. Currently, the app is free and requires no subscriptions to use fully.
Lastly, from an ecosystem standpoint, DeepSeek is ‘shaking’ the market by demonstrating its ability to perform complex AI functions with less capital ($ 5 million). In contrast, many AI companies (like Open AI) have invested hundreds of millions into their models.
DeepSeek vs ChatGPT
Users have raised concerns about the app being unable to respond to prompts surrounding sensitive topics about China and its government.
Censorship concerns
The performance of DeepSeek and ChatGPT for general prompts is seemingly equal. Both give similar outputs for logical reasoning and creative writing prompts.
However, DeepSeek excels in handling complex mathematical problems, and coding prompts.
How to download
This week, DeepSeek took the #1 spot on Google Play Store with over 1.2 million downloads since the start of the month. DeepSeek is available on the PlayStore, App Store and via the web.