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DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it's limiting registrations


DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations "due to large-scale malicious attacks" on its services.

The Chinese artificial intelligence startup has generated a lot of buzz in recent weeks as a fast-growing rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini and other leading AI tools. It's open-source, meaning that any AI developer can use it, and has rocketed to the top of app stores and industry leaderboards, with users praising its performance and reasoning capabilities. As a result, the AI sector is awash with questions, including whether the industry's increasing number of astronomical funding rounds and billion-dollar valuations is necessary — and whether a bubble is about to burst.

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