While DeepSeek can point to common benchmark results and Chatbot Arena leaderboard to prove the competitiveness of its model, there's nothing like direct use cases to get a feel for just how useful a new model is.

DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence provider that develops open-source LLMs. R1, the latest addition to the company’s model lineup, debuted last week. The release of the LLM caused a broad selloff in AI stocks that sent Nvidia Corp.’s shares plummeting 17% on Monday, along with many other technology stocks.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman praised Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s R1 model on Monday, describing it as “impressive.” However, he also added that OpenAI will “deliver much better models” and appreciated the fact that the company has a new competitor.