DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence provider that develops open-source LLMs. R1, the latest addition to the company’s model lineup, debuted last week. The release of the LLM caused a broad selloff in AI stocks that sent Nvidia Corp.’s shares plummeting 17% on Monday, along with many other technology stocks.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the emergence of DeepSeek's R1 model, calling it "an impressive model, particularly around what they're able to deliver for the price." Altman's comments come after DeepSeek's announcement of its cost-effective AI model sent ripples through the tech world,

OpenAI reportedly claimed that it had seen evidence of distillation of its AI models, which it suspected to be from DeepSeek.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman welcomed the debut of DeepSeek’s R1 model in a post on X late on Monday.

Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device

The company claims the model performs at levels comparable to OpenAI's o1 simulated reasoning (SR) model on several math and coding benchmarks. Alongside the release of the main DeepSeek-R1-Zero ...

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released an open version of DeepSeek-R1, its so-called reasoning model, that it claims performs as well as OpenAI's o1 on certain AI benchmarks. R1 is available from ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has addressed the capabilities of DeepSeek’s R1 model, acknowledging its impressive performance and cost-effectiveness. What Happened: In a post on X, Altman expressed enthusiasm about the competition and spoke about OpenAI’s plans to introduce even more advanced models in the future.

What Happened: DeepSeek R1’s recent launch has fueled comparisons with OpenAI o1 and Meta’s Llama 3.2, particularly in terms of technical specifications and cost advantages, Digit.in reports.

Created by the Hangzhou-based startup DeepSeek, the model is being hailed as a competitor to OpenAI’s GPT models, such as ChatGPT o1. DeepSeek claims R1 matches—and in some cases surpasses ...

Despite impressive benchmarks, the Chinese-made LLM is not without some interesting issues Updated  DeepSeek's open source reasoning-capable R1 LLM family boasts impressive benchmark scores – but its erratic responses raise more questions about how these models were trained and what information has been censored.