DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to US giants like OpenAI, despite fears of censorship around issues sensitive to Beijing

Less than a week after the new artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek sent investors spiraling in the United States, another AI model has popped up in China, claiming to be even better.

As Chinese AI company DeepSeek gains traction in the tech world amid ongoing US-China trade tensions, OpenAI suspects that DeepSeek may have utilized ChatGPT data to develop its own cost-effective AI models.