DeepSeek: The AI App That Took Over (And Got Banned in Italy)
Alright, besties, gather ‘round because we have tea to spill about DeepSeek—the AI app that came in hot, took over the U.S. App Store, and then immediately got the side-eye from privacy watchdogs. You know I live for a dramatic tech scandal, and oh honey, this one is a full-blown telenovela . What Even Is DeepSeek? Imagine ChatGPT, but make it Chinese, open-source, and suddenly everyone is talking about it. DeepSeek is the brainchild of a 2023 startup backed by the hedge fund High-Flyer (which, let’s be real, sounds like a secret villain organization). The app itself is an AI-powered chatbot, much like the one you’re chatting with now, except it shot up to #1 on the U.S. App Store faster than a Black Friday sale at Sephora ( Reuters ). Why? Because it’s sleek, fast, and built with DeepSeek-R1—an AI model that specializes in logical reasoning, real-time problem-solving, and probably out-thinking most people’s exes. Oh, and it supposedly does all this while requiring way less compu...
