China's DeepSeek AI chatbot refused to discuss topics like Tiananmen Square massacre, India-China relations, China-Taiwan relations, and other politically 'sensitive' issues, while providing a limited response on other related topics such as the Kashmir conflict,

The startup DeepSeek was founded by Liang Wenfeng in 2023 in Hangzhou, China and released its first AI large language model later that year. Wenfeng has previously co-founded one of China's top hedge funds,

Nvidia, the pioneer of AI infrastructure, was the worst-hit by the Deepseek shock. The company suffered the worst single-day loss of the market capitalisation as it shed $600 billion in value due to the panic sell-off.