China’s AI startup DeepSec hit by massive “cyber attack”, limits new registrations

San Francisco:

Chinese AI sensation DeepSec on Monday said it was limiting registration of new users due to a massive cyberattack on its services.

The company, whose chatbot took over Openai’s Chatgpt as Apple’s top downloaded app on Monday, cited “large-scale malicious attacks” for the outage and its inability to pick up new users.

DeepSeq, which was developed by a start-up based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, has shown the potential to match the capability of AI pace-setters like Nvidia.

Its success on the US App Store sent shares in the AI-linked tech giant on Monday.

Low-cost Chinese generic AI ventures are believed to match US companies in their capabilities, but at a fraction of the cost.

Analysts have long thought that the United States’ significant advantage over China when it comes to producing high-powered chips—and its ability to block the Asian power from accessing the technology—would give it an edge in the AI ​​race.

Available as an app or on desktop, DeepSec can do many of the things its Western competitors can – write song lyrics, help work on a personal development plan, or even find what’s in the fridge. Write a recipe for dinner based on.

However it is subject to the censorship seen in other Chinese-made chatbots such as Baidu’s Ernie bot, which are very limited to conversations on political topics.