This secret site lets you try DeepSeek on a trustworthy U.S. server

We need to talk about AI. Have you noticed it often just isn’t—well, very intelligent?

Already, we’ve lived through years of AI hype. We’ve watched companies pitch AI as a great tool for writing boring corporate emails. We’ve seen it shoehorned into all kinds of places it doesn’t belong. And it’s often just been bad. We’re all exhausted.

So let’s cut through the fluff: The AI we’re about to go over is actually impressive. I’ve never felt that AI truly delivered—until now. I’m genuinely impressed—and I didn’t expect to be.

If you’re intrigued, great! If you’re thinking, “We’ll see about that,” that’s also OK—don’t take my word for it. You truly need to try it yourself.

For once, this isn’t some overhyped AI tool with a required subscription and questionable usefulness. It’s back to basics: a web page with a text box. Just you and the response from the AI model. And it’s 100% free—no account, no friction. You can try it in seconds.

Let me show you how.

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DeepSeek R1—hosted by Nvidia

It seems like everyone’s raving about DeepSeek these days. But it is actually as good as people say? I doubted it—but then I tried it myself.

To be clear, I’m not recommending you use the official DeepSeek app, which will send your inputs to a server in China—where there’s no telling how the data might be used. DeepSeek is open source, and other companies can host it.

➜ And now, Nvidia has ​DeepSeek running on its own super-fast servers​. It’s technically intended for developer-level testing, but anyone with the link can access it.

A quick note: Nvidia is a sponsor of The Intelligence, but my recommendation has nothing to do with that relationship. I could point you at another DeepSeek instance hosted by a company you’ve never heard of, but Nvidia is a recognizable name with speedy servers.

And since this tool is intended for developers, there’s no nonsense involved. You don’t have to pay money—in fact, there’s no upsell at all. It’s just a text box on a web page that lets you access the model on Nvidia’s fast servers.

To start, just open ​the Deepseek-R1 page on Nvidia’s developer website​. All you need is the chat box—you can ignore the developer stuff.

Here’s my suggestion: Don’t use boring questions. Ask something complex, something that requires knowledge and creativity. I asked DeepSeek for some examples you might want to use, and here’s what it came up with:

• Generate five absurd tech support FAQs for a dystopian smart fridge that judges your life choices
• Invent a fake Apple product so pretentious even Jony Ive would blush (and include a press release)
• Turn the five stages of grief into a guide for switching from iPhone to Android

Try one of the above prompts—just copy-paste it right into the text box on Nvidia’s website—or make up your own.

After you do, you’ll see DeepSeek’s “reasoning” process in action, followed by the response. It should only take a few seconds to work. (You may have to wait a few extra seconds if the server is a little busy, but it should still be fast!)

The answers frequently demonstrate impressive amounts of knowledge, logic, and—seemingly—creativity. But DeepSeek can have serious conversations, too. Ask whatever you like and see what happens. (As a general rule, you probably shouldn’t provide private or sensitive information to any AI service, unless you really trust it.)

It’s there and waiting. And all you have to do is give it a try.

• Nvidia’s DeepSeek-R1 site is completely web-based—no downloads or installations, and no accounts to create.
• The service is free. Bear in mind that it’s for trial purposes and intended for developers, so you may run into a limit if you use it a lot, and Nvidia could pull the plug on it at any moment.
• Nvidia says it doesn’t store any prompts you send to its server. The website says it logs your “use” of the server—information like your IP address—but doesn’t keep any records beyond that. (Again, I recommend you don’t send anything private or sensitive, even so—and that same suggestion goes for any web-connected AI tool.)

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