DeepSeek’s breakthrough emboldens open-source AI models like Meta’s Llama

DeepSeek’s powerful new artificial intelligence model isn’t just a win for China — it’s a victory for open-source versions of the tech from the likes of Meta, Databricks, Mistral and Hugging Face, according to industry experts who spoke with CNBC.

Last month, DeepSeek released R1, an open-source reasoning model that claims to rival the performance of OpenAI’s o1 model using a cheaper, less energy-intensive process.

The development caused the market…