DeepSeek is China based AI which is giving stiff competition to US based AI's. Its an AI based research lab company and the R1 is its latest AI model. It was founded in 2023 by Liang Weifang.

DeepSeek is an advanced open-source AI system, it surpassed OpenAI's ChatGPT to become the top-rated free app on Apple's App Store in several countries, including the US, the UK, and China

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The key reason why DeepSeek is in buzz is its cost, as it is free. In a way, this is the first extremely advanced AI system that is available for free to users.

Other artificial intelligence includes Chatgpt by open AI, Gemini by google and Co-pilot by Microsoft are also in the race.They are also providing free limited editions.