China’s DeepSeek quietly releases upgraded R1 AI model, ramping up competition with OpenAI

China’s DeepSeek quietly releases upgraded R1 AI model, ramping up competition with OpenAI

Deepseek’s logo on Jan. 29, 2025.

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Chinese startup DeepSeek, which caused shockwaves across markets this year, quietly released an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence reasoning model.

The company did not make an official announcement, but the upgrade of DeepSeek R1 was released on AI model repository Hugging Face.

DeepSeek rose to prominence this year after its free, open-source R1 reasoning model outperformed offerings from rivals including…

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