Following the buzz and hype building around DeepSeek and the success of its open-source R1 AI model, surpassing OpenAI o1's reasoning capabilities across math, science, and coding, it quickly became the most downloaded free app in the US —dethroning ChatGPT. Microsoft, Meta, and NVIDIA's stock prices have greatly plummeted due to the hype around DeepSeek.
While Meta's lead AI scientist, Yann LeCun, claims DeepSeek's breakthrough in the AI landscape is closely tied to the open-source nature of its flagship model, critical security concerns are emerging. DeepSeek recently announced that it has temporarily capped user registrations due to "large-scale malicious attacks” on its services. However, existing users can continue to leverage the tool's capabilities without interruptions.
