Issues may stem from shortage of computing power amid US chip export restrictions
DeepSeek has given partial refunds to subscribers for services affected by the outage, but it has not identified a cause. © Reuters
ITSURO FUJINO
October 17, 2026 00:21 JST
GUANGZHOU -- DeepSeek suffered an outage for around five hours Thursday, leaving the Chinese artificial intelligence startup's V4-Pro and V4.1-Flash models and chat services unusable from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.