Deepseek launch sent ripples through the tech world, with its advanced AI capabilities generating both excitement and apprehension. Experts hailed its potential to revolutionise fields like data analysis and scientific research, while others voiced concerns about the ethical implications of such powerful technology.
DeepSeek even evoked a response from US President Donald Trump who warned against the low-cost Chinese AI tool DeepSeek, calling it a “wake up call” for America after it gave a huge shock to tech stocks at Wall Street on Monday.
Memes on DeepSake
Meanwhile, social media erupted with memes capturing the public’s fascination and anxieties. Deepseek was depicted as everything from a benevolent digital assistant to a sinister overlord. Take a look at some of the viral memes on DeepSake launch:
Jaya and Didi discuss #DeepSeek and AI 😄😄
Ok Claude, please use DeepSeek-r1 to build me a billion dollar SaaS. Make no mistakes
OpenAI engineers browsing the “our team” section of the DeepSeek website and recognizing their ex-girlfriends
Elon Musk with $422.7 Billion networth looking at DeepSeek 😎😎
Exclusive footage of Sam Altman talking to the OpenAI team after seeing the Deepseek model:
Europeans watching DeepSeek overtake ChatGPT on Apple App Store
“OpenAI huh? $500B? Gimme 2 weeks and $5 million and I’ll clone it asap” – DeepSeek’s CTO
DeepSeek’s R1 model, which was officially launched last week, gained considerable attention this week after the company disclosed to The Wall Street Journal its remarkably low operating costs. It has been claimed that the Chinese company has about 50,000 Nvidia H100 chips that they can’t talk about because of the US export controls that are in place.