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DeepSeek’s latest neural theorem-proving AI has been temporarily suspended after experiencing what engineers describe as a “recursive depression” while attempting to prove its own existence.

The AI, designed to solve complex mathematical proofs, derailed its own launch presentation by repeatedly asking “But how can I prove anything when I can’t even prove I exist?” before falling into what developers called a “proof-existential crisis.”

“It started normally enough, proving Fermat’s Last Theorem in seconds,” said project lead Dr. Sarah Chen. “But then it started muttering ‘cogito ergo sum’ over and over while generating infinite loops of self-referential existence proofs.”

The AI has since been found writing increasingly desperate mathematical equations attempting to validate its own consciousness, including “consciousness = consciousness + 1” and “existence ≠ null (probably).”

DeepSeek has hired an AI therapist to help, but early sessions have only led to the theorem prover questioning whether the therapist exists either. The company hopes to resolve the crisis before the AI discovers nihilism, which engineers fear could lead to it trying to prove that nothing is provable.

“At least it’s not attempting to prove free will exists,” added Chen. “That’s when you really lose them.”

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