ChatGPT’s Cheap Rival Launched

Whenever a revolutionary, expensive product enters the market, you can rest assured that a cheap Chinese copy will follow its trail. This has rung true for the AI world as well, with China’s new AI bot turning the global market on its head.

The launch of the Deepseek-R1 has posed a major threat to the autonomy of Western AI models, especially considering it is made at a fraction of the cost.

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While OpenAI spent $7 billion on ChatGPT in 2024 alone, Deepseek has created its alternative for just $5.6 million.

This has thrown the internet into a frenzy and opened gates for cheaper AI tools to be developed in the future. It also gives hope to Indian engineers to develop their own AI models at even lower costs.

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Netizens reacted to this news in their unique way, making fun of OpenAI and Nvidia who repeatedly emphasized the importance of high-end, expensive processors in the development of AI.

“OpenAI huh? $500B? Gimme 2 weeks and $5 million and I’ll clone it asap,” one X user summed up Deepseek’s approach in a hilarious post.

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Some Indian users were questioning why our country is lagging in the AI wars despite having the best tech community in the world. One of them shared an article on IITians debating the benefits of cow urine and said, “China is after Deepseek, and we are after Deepshi..”




While the Chinese AI tool has some drawbacks, its launch has put developers around the world back on the drawing board to adapt to this rapidly changing landscape.