An AI-powered chatbot by the Chinese company DeepSeek has quickly become the most downloaded free app on Apple’s store, following its January release in the US.
The app has sparked chaos in the US markets and raised questions about the future of America’s AI dominance. The BBC takes a look at how the app works.
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