China's DeepSeek AI chatbot suffers longest outage since viral rise in early 2025 - Reuters

DeepSeek, China's AI chatbot that gained viral popularity in early 2025, experienced its longest service outage since rising to prominence. The disruption prevented users from accessing the platform, marking a significant reliability issue for the application that has attracted millions of users globally. The outage underscores potential vulnerabilities in DeepSeek's infrastructure as the service has faced rapid scaling demands following its rapid adoption. DeepSeek has positioned itself as a lower-cost alternative to Western AI services like ChatGPT, and extended downtime could affect user trust and retention. The timing is notable given the intensifying competition between Chinese and U.S. artificial intelligence companies.