In the post, the user shared a screenshot of a conversation with the DeepSeek chatbot. When asked about Arunachal Pradesh, the northeastern state of India, the chatbot refused to respond directly. The user stated,

China’s AI chatbot DeepSeek has sparked controversy for its refusal to discuss sensitive topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre and territorial disputes. Its advanced capabilities, attributed to possible reverse-engineering of US AI models,

Nvidia, the pioneer of AI infrastructure, was the worst-hit by the Deepseek shock. The company suffered the worst single-day loss of the market capitalisation as it shed $600 billion in value due to the panic sell-off.