This story incorporates reporting from AOL , 9to5Mac and gadgets360 . DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has recently captured significant attention by surpassing ChatGPT on Apple Inc.’s App Store download charts. The company’s AI assistant reached the number one position shortly after the release of its latest open-source AI model, DeepSeek-R1. This advancement is creating ripples in the global AI landscape, as companies and experts—particularly those based in the United