Chinese AI To Rival ChatGPT Faces Cyberattack Registration Closed ChatGPT rival DeepSick has announced that it will temporarily limit new user registrations due to a cyberattack. The company said the move was due to problems with its service system as the popularity of its AI assistant suddenly increased.
DeepSick had topped the list of most downloaded free apps on the US Apple App Store on Monday. The company said that because of this, users were facing difficulties logging into its application programming interface (API) and website.
Monday’s login issue was the longest in 90 days. Efforts are underway to resolve the issue, and for now, new registrations can only be made using an email account or a Chinese mobile number.
DeepSik recently launched a free AI assistant that it claims uses less data and is more cost-effective than other AI models. The company says its impact could set a new standard in the AI space.
The app is powered by an open-source model called DeepSeek-V3, which the company says is capable of competing with advanced closed-source models.
The popularity of DeepSec sent Nvidia and Oracle shares plunging on Monday. Advanced chips are needed to train such AI models. However, the US has been imposing restrictions on the export of these chips to China since 2021.
According to DeepSec researchers, the model was trained using Nvidia H800 chips, which cost less than $6 million. The low-cost model has also raised questions about the impact of US technology export restrictions.
DeepSik’s AI model is opening up new possibilities in AI technology around the world, demonstrating high performance at low cost and with limited resources. However, it has also further heated up the technology competition between China and the United States.
