(FILES) The logo of Deepseek is seen during the Global Developer Conference, organised by the Shanghai AI Industry Association in Shanghai on February 21, 2025. Chinese startup DeepSeek released a new artificial intelligence model with "drastically reduced" costs on April 24, 2026, more than a year after it stunned the world with a low-cost reasoning model that matched the capabilities of US rivals. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP via Getty Images)