DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app

The Deputy has gone viral.

Chinese AI LAB DIPSEC breaks mainstream consciousness this week Its chatboat app has risen to the top of the Apple App Store Chart (And Google Play, as well as) DIPSEC AI models, which were trained using the count-south techniques, Wall Street has led analysts – And technicians – Asking whether the United States can maintain its leadership in the AI ​​race and whether the AI ​​chips will remain in place.

However, where did the Depske come from and how quickly it came to international fame?

Diplos

DeepSek is supported by high-flare capital management, a Chinese quantitative hedge fund that uses AI to inform its business decisions.

AI is enthusiastic Liang Weinfeng Hi-Flare co-founded in the 21st. Wenfeng, who was a student at the University of Zhejiang, launched high-flare capital management as a hedge fund in 2019, who focused on the development and deployment of AI algorithms.

In 2023, Hi-Flaier began DEPSEC as a lab dediced to researching separate AI equipment from its financial business. As one of its investors, the lab is spread to its own company, including high-flare, which is also called DIPSEC.

From the first day, DIPSEC created its own data center cluster for training. However like other AI companies in China, DIPSEC Hardware has been affected by US export restrictionsThe To train one of the more recent models, the company was forced to use H11, a low -powerful version of a chip, Nvidia H 800 chips available for US companies.

The technical team of DIPSC is asked Young to sku. Organization Aggressively Do the doctorate of AI researchers of the top Chinese universities. DIPSEC hiring people without any computer science background According to the New York Times, its technology is to help better understand the more widespread topics.

Dipsek

DEPSEC unveiled the first set of its first models-DEPSEC Coder, DEPSEC LLM and DEPSEC Chat-November 2021. However, it was not until last spring, when the startup was published by the family of its next Jenner DEPSEC-V2 models, which the AI ​​industry began to take notice.

DIPSEC-V2, a general-principal text- and image-analysis system, performed well in various AI benchmarks-and running is much more cheaper than the comparative model of that time. It forced the domestic competition to the domestic competition, bytedance and Alibaba to reduce the price of the use of some of their models and to completely free others.

DIPSEC-V3Launched in December 2024, only was added to the notorious of the Deputy.

According to DEPSEC’s Internal Benchmark Examination, DIPSEK V3 MODE LIKE BOY MODERS ASPERALLY AVAILABLE LIKE Lama And “off” models that can be accessed through an API just like Openai GPT -4OThe

Equally impressive is the R 1 “argument” model of the DIPSC. Published in January, DIPSEC claimed R 1 Key Benchmark performs OpenAI’s and 1 modelThe

Being a rational model, the 1 effectively factor itself, which helps avoid some of the problems that usually travel in models. Reasonable models take a little longer to reach the solutions than a simple non-resoning model-for a few minutes more than a few minutes. The opposite side is that they become more reliable in domains such as physics, science and mathematics.

However, there is a negative aspect of R1, DEPSEC V3 and other models of DIPSC. Chinese-selling AI, they are subject to Benchmarking Its reactions by China’s Internet regulator can confirm that its reactions “make the main socialist values ​​embodied.” For example, in the chatbot app of DIPSC, no more will answer the question about Tiananmen Square or Taiwan’s autonomy.

In March, DIPSEC has surpassed 16.5 million visitsThe “[F]Or on March, DIPSEC is in second place, despite the shortage of traffic, from which it was in February, which was based on daily inspections, “SumentWeb’s editor David Car Techcunch.

In May, DIPSEC A PUBLISH The R1 argument of updated version of AI Model In the face of the developer platform hug.

Dipsc V 3.2-XP has unveiled a new experimental model In September, the dramatically designed to reduce the cost of low estimates while using in long-tall activities.

A disruptive approach

If the DIPSC has a business model, it is not clear exactly what the model is. The company gives its products and services at the bottom of the market price – and gives others free. It is not taking the investors’ moneyDespite the interest of a ton of VC.

As the DIPSEC says it has said that skills have enabled it to maintain extreme expenditure competition. Expert Conflict However, statistics that the company provided.

Whatever the case, the developers have taken to the developers of the dipsic, which is not an open source because the phrase is usually understood, but available under the permit license that allows commercial use. One of the hosting platforms of DEPSEC Models, according to the CEO CEO of the hug face, according to Delangu Hugged facial developers have created more than 500 “derivative” models of R1 It has combined 2.5 million downloads.

DEPSEC SUCCESS OF DEPSEC against greater and more established rivals As described as “upanding AI” And “Hypod over.” The success of the organization was at least somewhat responsible Nvidia’s share price has dropped by 18% In January, and for To reveal a public response OpenAI’s CEO from Sam Altman. In March, the US trade department Beaurus told staff that DEPSEC will be banned on their official devicesAccording to Reuters.

Microsoft Declared that DIPSEC is available in his azur AI Foundry serviceMicrosoft’s platform that combines AI services for the initiative under a single banner. When asked about the impact on DIPSEC Meta’s AI expenditure during the first trimester earnings, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said AI will continue as a “strategic facility” spent on the infrastructure For the meta In March, Opena has called DIPSEC “state-of-the-state” and “state-controlled” And suggests that the US government consider the ban on models from DEPSEC.

During the fourth-quarter earnings of Nvidia, CEO Jensen Huang emphasized the “great innovation” of DIPSC This and other “logic” models are great for NVIDIA because they need a lot more calculations.

At the same time, Some agencies are prohibiting DEPSECAnd so complete Country And Government, Including South KoreaThe New York State too DEPSEC has been banned from being used on government devicesThe

Microsoft’s Vice Chairman and President Brad Smith said at the Senate hearing Microsoft workers are not allowed to use DEPSEC Due to data protection and promotion concerns.

It is not clear what the future of the diplos can hold. Advanced models are given to a. However the US government is seen It is increasing alertness about it realizes as a harmful foreign effectThe In March the Wall Street Journal said that US will probably ban DEPSEC on government devicesThe

This story was originally published on January 28, 2025 and it would be updated regularly.