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EconomicChina·Unpinned16 Oct 2026

China's DeepSeek AI service experiences five-hour outage

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On October 15, 2026, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek experienced a five-hour service outage that impacted its V4-Pro and V4.1-Flash models and chat services. The disruption occurred between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., prompting the company to provide partial refunds to affected subscribers. While the company did not formally identify a cause for…

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