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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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John Power

What’s DeepSeek, China’s AI startup sending shockwaves through global tech?

DeepSeek, which is based in Hangzhou, was founded in late 2023 by Liang Wenfeng [Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

DeepSeek, a little-known Chinese startup, has sent shockwaves through the global tech sector with the release of an artificial intelligence (AI) model whose capabilities rival the creations of Google and OpenAI.

DeepSeek-R1’s creator says its model was developed using less advanced, and fewer, computer chips than employed by tech giants in the United States.

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