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Putting DeepSeek to the test: how its performance compares against other AI tools

By Simon Thorne, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Information Systems, Cardiff Metropolitan University

China’s new DeepSeek Large Language Model (LLM) has disrupted the US-dominated market, offering a relatively high-performance chatbot model at significantly lower cost.

The reduced cost of development and lower subscription prices compared with US AI tools contributed to American chip maker Nvidia losing US$600 billion (£480 billion) in market value over one day.…

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