The past few days, the tech world has been buzzing like crazy over this thing called DeepSeek. Apparently, everyone and their dog is calling it OpenAI’s big competitor. The headlines are hyping it up as a cheaper, open-source, and even better alternative to ChatGPT—well, at least if you compare their R1 version (DeepThink) to OpenAI’s ancient 0.1 version. That’s what the stories are saying, anyway.
Now, as someone who’s been happily paying for ChatGPT Plus, I had to check this out. I mean, if it’s really that amazing, then hey, I’d be canceling my subscription ASAP. Plus, this thing supposedly caused Nvidia and a bunch of American tech stocks to nosedive, so… yeah, my curiosity was through the roof.
So, I downloaded the Android app and gave it a go, testing the DeepThink (R1) version. And I was focusing on the parts people online have been complaining about—stuff like how, even though it’s “open-source,” it still has these weird limitations. One guy on YouTube was all, “How is this open-source if it won’t even write an erotic story?”
Another user pointed out something even wilder: even though DeepSeek is made in China, it has the same attitude toward the Chinese Communist Party as ChatGPT. It called China’s one-party system “authoritarian”! Like, huh?? Made in China but sounds straight outta Silicon Valley.
So, I ran my tests (full convo screenshots below), and what I found absolutely blew my mind: DeepSeek is literally… ChatGPT. No joke. It’s the same GPT tech developed by OpenAI. This isn’t some groundbreaking “China beats America” moment. It’s just another service built on OpenAI’s LLM.
Apparently, like a bunch of other AI tools out there—think Khanmigo, Scholar GPT, Tutor Me, Sora, etc.—DeepSeek uses OpenAI’s GPT under the hood but slaps its own branding on it. I was floored because all the hype made it sound like something completely different!
I even restarted my chat multiple times to make sure I wasn’t misunderstanding, but nope. Over and over, it confirmed: DeepSeek is GPT, trained by OpenAI, with the exact same data cutoff as ChatGPT (October 2023).
Now here’s the kicker: I haven’t seen a single article, tech analyst, or anyone else calling this out. Everyone’s just blindly riding the hype wave. Like, if you’re familiar with other GPT-powered services tailored for specific stuff, this should sound familiar. But DeepSeek? It doesn’t even admit it’s powered by OpenAI! Why the secrecy??
If what I’m saying is true (tech folks, feel free to fact-check me), this is the most ridiculous overreaction the internet has ever had. We’re all being duped, plain and simple. And as someone who’s not super tech-savvy, this whole thing feels insane to me. Let’s see if anyone else uncovers the same thing in the next few days. Because if it’s just me saying this, I doubt the world will notice!
(translated freely by ChatGPT from my Facebook notes)
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