China's ChatGPT rival, DeepSeek, changes its answers in REAL-TIME

DeepSeek is the most downloaded app on the Apple App Store in the world.

The chatbot's launch wiped $ 1trillion from US stocks as the valuation of companies like Nvidia tumbled by as much as 17 per cent .

During testing, MailOnline watched in real-time as answers to sensitive questions were scrubbed and replaced with evasive replies.

On topics censored by the Chinese Communist Party , the bot briefly attempts to respond before wiping away its own answers.

DeepSeek's latest AI Assistant is said to perform comparably with OpenAI 's most recent ChatGPT release.

The company says that the CCP uses 'online content management to maintain a healthy cyberspace environment' This is a particularly worrying development as more people turn to Chatbots over search engines as a source of information.

Little is known about how China regulates chatbots but there are growing concerns that the state is interested in keeping these emerging technologies under control.

The emergence of DeepSeek 's viable, cheaper AI alternative may mark a turning point in the level of spending and investment needed for AI .

Marc Andreessen , the Silicon Valley venture capitalist, said the R1 model was AI 's 'Sputnik moment', referencing the former Soviet Union's launch of a satellite that marked the start of the space race in the late 1950s .