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DeepSeek , the Chinese AI startup that made wave in the AI worldly concern last week when it relinquish its open source R1 model , is pause new user signups .
The company has temporarily pause new user registrations this morning time , according toCNBC reporting , due to a cyberattack . Existing users can still get at their accounts with no matter .
TechCrunch reached out to DeepSeek for input and will update the chronicle if we hear back .
This comes just days after DeepSeek first became thetopic du jourof the AI world , driven by industry excitement over its R1 model . DeepSeek claims its reasoning simulation beats OpenAI ’s o1 onmultiple benchmarks . Today the companyreleaseda fresh ikon model family .
DeepSeek ’s app hit 2.6 million downloads on Sunday , harmonise to information fromAppfigures , with 1 million downloads make out from last Friday alone .
