Chinese startup DeepSeek has made waves in the global AI sector with its innovative models, DeepSeek-V3 and DeepSeek-R1, which it claims rival or surpass the performance of leading U.S. models, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, at a fraction of the cost. These models have already gained significant traction, with DeepSeek-V3 powering the company's AI Assistant, which recently overtook ChatGPT as the top-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the U.S. The models have drawn prai