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DeepSeek displaces ChatGPT as the App Store’s top app


The mobile app for DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, skyrocketed to the number-one spot in app stores around the globe this weekend, topping the U.S.-based AI

This represents new efficiency gains for AI model training, which sent Nvidia’s stock price tumbling down as much as 17% on Monday, and has put the rest of the tech industry on high alert. In addition, more than 80% of DeepSeek’s total mobile app downloads have come in the past 7 days, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. While hundreds of millions of people use ChatGPT and Gemini every month, DeepSeek proves that the consumer AI space is still volatile, and new competitors shouldn’t be counted out.

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