Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Chatbots

The DEEPSEEK A.I. CHATBOT

The controversial new Chinese chatbot is 99 percent good enough and 1 percent not great

Being a journalist is one of the few professions where asking provocative questions is part of the job, and it’s a skill I’ve been honing since childhood prank phone calls.

Accordingly, in response to the technology story of the week, the launch of the free-to-use Chinese A.I. chatbot DeepSeek—and the subsequent imbroglio of tech stocks—I have been repeatedly asking it awkward questions.