DeepSeek covered the headlines last month. And today, it’s OpenAI. Who’s currently leading the AI race?
Is China’s DeepSeek beating the Silicon Valley AI models? – this question has been at the core of every AI conversation.
DeepSeek, introducing the Chinese AI r1 model, challenged OpenAI to get ahead of the game. But this might have only lasted for a moment as the startup is back in the limelight. Since introducing the o3 model, OpenAI has witnessed increasing traffic over its reasoning model.
It’s mind-bending how the numbers have grown three and even five-fold since late January. The number of weekly users for OpenAI surged to 400 million, with 300 million of them being active ones.
This aligns with the expanding adoption of AI systems, foreseen across the market. It doesn’t come as a surprise because OpenAI has been one of the forerunners of the AI race.
With developers hard at work and ideas taking root, OpenAI’s solutions have secured the spotlight for now. It’s all about curiosity and who’s satisfying this hunger for knowledge – especially concerning the direction AI is set to take.