Chinese chatbot DeepSeek leaps to top spot on App Store, overtaking ChatGPT

DeepSeek not only has a cute whale as its logo, but is fast becoming a whale of a player in the AI game. The Chinese chatbot has leapt to the top of the iPhone App Store downloads leaderboard in the US, overtaking ChatGPT, and in France it's currently sitting in second place. It's free to use and open source, with the Chinese company saying it used cheaper computer chips and less data than its American rival OpenAI.