Chinese Chatbot DeepSeek Leaps to Top Spot On App Store, Overtaking ChatGPT

To display this material from, you must allow ad tracking and audience measurement.

Issued on: 27/01/2025 – 14:14

DeepSeek not only has an adorable whale as its logo, but is quick ending up being a whale of a player in the AI game. The Chinese chatbot has leapt to the top of the iPhone App Store downloads leaderboard in the US, surpassing ChatGPT, and in France it’s presently being in second place. It’s free to use and open source, with the Chinese business saying it utilized cheaper computer chips and less information than its American rival OpenAI.

Tech giants like Nvidia, Meta and Alphabet have actually poured hundreds of billions of dollars into artificial intelligence, however now the supply chain everyone has been investing in appearances like it has major competitors, and the news has alarmed tech stocks worldwide. We take a closer look.

Why does Donald Trump see China as a hazard on AI, however not on TikTok?

Top AI companies score badly on risk and security evaluations, ahead of Paris summit

Bracing for effect: AI to change music market

US Federal Reserve stops briefly rate cuts, angering Trump

LVMH sales beat expectations as CEO Bernard Arnault shifts focus to US

Boeing posts second-largest yearly loss in its history

DeepSeek’s sudden increase sends shockwaves through AI sector

Meet Oscar-nominated actress Monica Barbaro, the breakout star of the Bob Dylan film

No, these Democratic politicians did not make the same arm gesture as Elon Musk

Trump, Witkoff got Gaza ceasefire offer ‘across the line’, adviser to Qatari PM says

Panic in Silicon Valley? China’s DeepSeek obstacles US supremacy over AI

No, these images do not reveal huge immigration raids bought by Trump

Would you live in a cardboard house?

Go back to Damascus: How to build the brand-new Syria?

France wins culinary Olympics with top reward in Bocuse d’Or competitors

– expert system

– Tech

– Apps

– Donald Trump

– USA

– Israel-Hamas war

– Gaza Strip

– Israeli-Palestinian conflict

USA.
United Kingdom.
Canada.
Australia.
Germany.
India.
Netherlands.
South Africa.
Italy

Who are we?
Ethics charter.
Press room.
Contact France 24.
Advertising.
Content licensing.
Join us

The Observers.
RFI.
Learn French.
RFI Music.
RFI Instrumental.
Mondoblog.
MCD.
InfoMigrants.
ENTR.
CFI.
Académie.
France Médias Monde

Newsletters.
RSS feeds.
Watch France 24 on TV

Download the France 24 app

Legal notification.
Privacy.
Cookies.
Manage news alerts

– Facebook.
– X.
– Instagram.
– YouTube.
.
– Telegram.
– SoundCloud

© 2025 Copyright France 24 – All rights reserved. France 24 is not accountable for the material of external sites. Audience ratings accredited by ACPM.