China’s AI chatbot DeepSeek has sparked controversy for its refusal to discuss sensitive topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre and territorial disputes. Its advanced capabilities, attributed to possible reverse-engineering of US AI models,

Nvidia, the pioneer of AI infrastructure, was the worst-hit by the Deepseek shock. The company suffered the worst single-day loss of the market capitalisation as it shed $600 billion in value due to the panic sell-off.

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence chatbot has sparked discussions about the competition between China and the U.S. in AI development, with many users flocking to test the riv