That's all folks, China's DeepSeek is the most popular AI in the world. ChatGPT lost

Since AI learns from interacting with people, the more popular it gets, the better it works, so defeat is final. There's no way back. China's DeepSeek is better at reasoning already today.

ChatGPT reached an astronomical value, but it was just overthrown. But that's where the good news ends. The American artificial intelligence (AI) bot is no longer the most popular in the world.

OpenAI has received one of the largest "injections" in history - $ 40 billion, which increased the company's valuation to $ 300 billion. (The first installment is $ 10 billion, and another $ 30 billion is to be paid to the company by the end of 2025). The money was donated by SoftBank, Microsoft and Coatue Management, Altimeter Capital and Thrive Capital, among others.

ChatGPT Loses Lead to DeepSeek

The latest round of investment comes at a crucial time for OpenAI. The company has a powerful competitor in China, which has just overtaken the previously popular ChatGPT in terms of the number of users. We are talking about DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence tool that took over the chatbot market at the beginning of this year. The Chinese bot instantly broke into the forefront of LLM (large language models) and has now overtaken the undisputed leader. According to the latest data from the analytical platform Aitools.xyz, the number of visits to the DeepSeek website in February reached 525 million. Thus, this chatbot became the fastest growing artificial intelligence tool in the world, overtaking ChatGPT. In February, 500 million users visited the OpenAI system. DeepSeek’s success was due, among other things, to its advanced version V3, i.e. a model that works according to an open formula (open source). This was a challenge for closed systems, such as the aforementioned ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini.

OpenAI goes open source

It’s no surprise that the company led by Sam Altman is now looking for a way to take over from the Chinese. Following in the footsteps of DeepSeek should help do just that. According to unofficial information, Altman wants to release his first open language model in the coming months. Techcrunch reported that OpenAI is already testing developers in special surveys. asking them “what they would like to see in an OpenAI open source model” and “what open models they have used in the past.”

Open source models, such as DeepSeek, as well as Llama by Meta (which has collected more than 1 billion downloads), give the AI ​​community the opportunity to freely download tools for experimentation and, in some cases, even commercialization. This strategy, according to experts, has proven to be extremely effective. Although ChatGPT still dominates the AI ​​market with a 43% share, it feels the breath of its competitors on its back (DeepSeeka has about 7%, and Canva has 8%). Therefore, investors are pouring in generously to maintain their leading position.”