Chinese startup DeepSeek’s eponymous AI assistant rocketed to the top of Apple Inc.’s iPhone download charts, stirring doubts in Silicon Valley about the strength of America’s lead in AI.

DeepSeek is stirring doubts in Silicon Valley about the strength of America’s lead in artificial intelligence.

DeepSeek, a mobile AI application developed by a Chinese team, has overtaken OpenAI's ChatGPT to claim the number one spot on the iPhone free app charts in both China and the United States. This achievement comes shortly after the launch of DeepSeek's innovative "reasoning model,

Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI Assistant on Monday overtook rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States. Powered by the DeepSeek-V3 model,

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI platform, has made headlines by surpassing OpenAI’s ChatGPT in downloads on Apple’s App Store in the US, according to The Spectator Index. This milestone comes just a week after DeepSeek’s official launch of its new AI model.