Key Takeaways CrowdStrike Holdings shares hit a record intraday high Tuesday after a cyberattack hit Chinese AI startup DeepSeek.The attack comes after tech stocks sank Monday on news that DeepSeek's AI assistant runs on less-advanced chips and at a lower cost than U.

(Reuters) -Chinese startup DeepSeek said on Monday it will temporarily limit registrations due to a cyberattack after the company's AI assistant amassed sudden popularity. The startup earlier in the day was also hit by outages on its website after its AI assistant became the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States.

Chinese AI company DeepSeek was forced to limit new user registrations Monday after "large-scale malicious attacks" hit its services, the company said. Why it matters: DeepSeek's latest models demonstrated capabilities that rivaled those of its U.