Alayaran: Breakthrough as China's DeepSeek Takes the Lead in Global Chatbot Market

In a move that is being hailed as a breakthrough, China's latest artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse, DeepSeek, has catapulted to the top of Apple's App Store rankings in the US, dethroning ChatGPT and sending shockwaves through the global tech industry.

Developed by 40-year-old Liang Wenfeng, DeepSeek has stunned investors and competition alike with its remarkable capabilities, rivaling that of top Western AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4o, Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Google, Meta, and Anthropic in overall quality.

At the heart of this AI giant is Luo Fuli, a 29-year-old 'AI prodigy' hailed by the Chinese media as having 'superhuman abilities'. Born Beijing Normal University, Luo persevered through early struggles to join Peking University's Institute of Computational Linguistics. Her expertise eventually led her to Alibaba's DAMO Academy and later to DeepSeek.

DeepSeek-V3 has demonstrated unparalleled performance on a range of benchmarks and surpasses US-established leaders in the industry. Meanwhile, DeepSeek R1 remains a benchmark for new AI models worldwide as per Artificial Analysis. According to this influential metric, it demonstrates better quality than major AI startups in comparison.