DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT: I tried the hot new AI model. It was impressive, but there were some things it wouldn’t talk about.

• DeepSeek, an AI lab from China, is the latest challenger to the likes of ChatGPT.
• Its R1 model appears to match rival offerings from OpenAI, Meta, and Google at a fraction of the cost.
• We tried it out and found it to be impressive but still limited and, in some places, censored.

Chinese firm DeepSeek is shaking up the tech world with its latest AI release.

The AI lab released its R1 model, which appears to match or surpass the capabilities of AI models built…