Is DeepSeek a democracy-killer? Seven US tech firms lost more than $1 trillion on Monday as a Chinese competitor spooked investors. Some think we have entered a new global race.
Trillion dollar panic over Chinese AI
Caution: Tech experts are urging those eager to embrace DeepSeek to beware, citing concerns over both its potential spreading of mis/disinformation, and how the Chinese state might exploit users' data. Glossary
Sputnik - Any of a series of earth-orbiting satellites launched by the Soviet Union beginning in 1957.
USSR - The United Socialist Soviet Republic, the USA’s main rival in the Cold War before it collapsed and broke up into a number of smaller states in 1991.
Large Language Model - A type of artificial intelligence (AI) programme that uses deep learning to analyse and generate human language.
Stock Market - A series of exchanges where shares in public companies are issued, bought and sold.
Bullish - Aggressively confident.
OpenAI - An American artificial intelligence company. It says its mission is to "benefit all of humanity".
Artificial General Intelligence - The hypothetical ability of AI to learn or understand any task that a human can.
ChatGPT - An Artificial Intelligence chatbot released in November 2022.
Silicon Valley - A global centre of technological innovation in Northern California. It is home to many start-up and global technology companies including Apple, Facebook and Google.
Tiananmen Square - A huge open space in the middle of Beijing. It is known for a large-scale student protest that took place there in 1989 before being brutally crushed by China's communist rulers.
Taiwan - An island country in east Asia. China still claims to be the legitimate owner of Taiwan, while the Taiwanese government until recently claimed to be the legitimate government of the whole of China.