Key facts
- DeepSeek's V4-Pro and V4.1-Flash models and chat services were affected.
- The outage lasted approximately five hours on Thursday.
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, experienced a service outage for approximately five hours on Thursday. The disruption affected its V4-Pro and V4.1-Flash models, as well as its chat services, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The company has provided partial refunds to subscribers whose services were impacted by the outage. However, DeepSeek has not yet identified the specific cause of the disruption. The article also references potential links to computing power shortages amid US chip export restrictions and mentions other AI developments in China and globally.