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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

BIZARRE: Deepseek ai replicated for just 30 using countdown game - What They Never Told You

Italy DeepSeek Privacy - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A team of researchers in the US claim to have reproduced Deepseek’s viral AI chatbot for just $30.

The Chinese AI startup caused a trillion-dollar dent to the US tech industry last week after its latest R1 model outperformed OpenAI’s ChatGPT – despite being built at a fraction of the cost.

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