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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Vishwam Sankaran

DeepSeek goes quiet for lunar new year despite worldwide buzz

DeepSeek, the Chinese startup that shook the world of technology this week with its groundbreaking artificial intelligence models, has taken a break for the lunar new year holiday.

The firm rocked the industry and global stock markets – wiping off around a trillion dollars in value from US stocks on Monday – by releasing cost-effective and open-source AI models rivalling the most advanced models of American tech giants OpenAI, Google and Meta.

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