DeepSeek Unveils Updated R1 AI Model, Challenging Industry Giants
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DeepSeek updates its R1 reasoning AI model, releases it on Hugging Face | TechCrunch
Chinese startup DeepSeek has released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model on the developer platform Hugging Face after announcing it in a WeChat message Wednesday morning. The updated R1, which is under a permissive MIT license, meaning it can be used commercially, is a "minor"
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DeepSeek's distilled new R1 AI model can run on a single GPU | TechCrunch
DeepSeek's updated R1 reasoning AI model might be getting the bulk of the AI community's attention this week. But the Chinese AI lab also released a smaller, "distilled" version of its new R1, DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B, that DeepSeek claims beats comparably-sized models on certain benchmarks. The
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DeepSeek says a new R1 update is closing the gap with OpenAI o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
The Chinese AI model that shook up the industry as a more cost-efficient alternative to the ones from OpenAI, Google, and Meta, now has a new update dubbed DeepSeek-R1-0528. DeepSeek says its latest model has a reduced "hallucination" rate, and that it "has significantly improved its depth of
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DeepSeek Says Upgraded Model Reasons Better, Hallucinates Less
The Chinese startup DeepSeek said Thursday that its upgraded artificial-intelligence model can perform mathematics, programming, and general logic better than the previous version, while hallucinating less. The upgrade to its R1 model -- which stunned the AI world in January by rivaling the
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China's DeepSeek releases an update to its R1 reasoning model
SHANGHAI, May 29 - Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released an update to its R1 reasoning model in the early hours of Thursday, stepping up competition with U.S. rivals such as OpenAI. DeepSeek launched R1-0528 on developer platform Hugging Face, but has yet to make an official
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China's DeepSeek quietly releases upgraded R1 AI model, ramping up competition with OpenAI
Deepseek's logo on Jan. 29, 2025.Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images 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
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DeepSeek's lateset update is a serious threat to OpenAI and Google -- here's why
The new version delivers major performance gains in complex reasoning, coding and logic, which are areas where even top-tier models often stumble. With its open-source license and lightweight training demands, DeepSeek is proving to be faster and smarter. In recent benchmark tests,
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DeepSeek R1-0528 arrives in powerful open source challenge to OpenAI o3 and Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More After rocking the global AI and business community early this year with the January 20 initial release of its hit open source reasoning AI model R1, the Chinese startup
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New DeepSeek-R1 Is as Good as OpenAI o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro | AIM
The new DeepSeek-R1-0528 has "significantly improved its depth of reasoning and inference capabilities." Chinese AI model maker DeepSeek announced a new update to its R1 reasoning model on Wednesday. The updated model, DeepSeek-R1-0528, is available on Hugging Face. "In the latest update,
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DeepSeek releases upgraded AI model, claims parity with ChatGPT, Gemini
The R1-0528 model features enhanced reasoning capabilities, with DeepSeek asserting it's closing the gap with OpenAI's and Google's latest models. DeepSeek, a China-based artificial intelligence company, has announced an upgrade to its AI chatbot, saying it can now offer enhanced overall logic,
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A new DeepSeek R1 AI model just hit the Hugging Face platform
DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model on Hugging Face Wednesday, following an announcement on WeChat. The original R1 model gained prominence earlier this year and rivaled models from OpenAI. The updated R1 model is a "minor" upgrade, according to
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DeepSeek Unveils Update to R1 Model as AI Race Heats Up
DeepSeek said it has upgraded the R1 artificial-intelligence model that helped propel the Chinese startup to global prominence earlier this year. DeepSeek completed what it described as a "minor trial upgrade" and told users they can start testing it, according to a company representative's post
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China's DeepSeek releases an update to its R1 reasoning model
DeepSeek earlier this year upended beliefs that U.S. export controls were holding back China's AI advancements after the startup released AI models that were on a par or better than industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost.Chinese artificial intelligence startup
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DeepSeek unveils update to R1 model
DeepSeek has announced a minor upgrade to its R1 AI model, which previously stunned the tech world by outperforming Western competitors at a fraction of the cost. This news arrives shortly before Nvidia's latest financial report, whose shares were impacted by the initial R1 release. The upgrade
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Deepseek R1-0528: The Open Source AI Model That Could Topple Big Tech Giants
What if one model could dismantle the dominance of AI giants like OpenAI and Google? That's exactly what some are saying about Deepseek R1-0528, the open source disruptor that's sending shockwaves through the artificial intelligence industry. With performance that rivals proprietary titans like
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DeepSeek Upgrades AI Reasoning Model to Rival OpenAI and Google | PYMNTS.com
The model also hallucinates less, has enhanced support for function calling and offers a better experience in vibe coding, where developers use natural language prompts in an AI chatbot to write code, per the post. Read also: DeepSeek Debuts Upgrade to AI Model That Improves Reasoning and
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China's DeepSeek Upgrades R1 Reasoning Model with New Features
DeepSeek's R1 Update Reinforces China's AI Push Amid Export Controls Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has quietly slipped in an update to its R1 reasoning model. This update occurred as a competitive move against US AI developers like OpenAI. The new update, R1-0528, silently appeared on the messaging
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek releases an update to its R1 reasoning model, claiming improved performance and reduced hallucinations, while also introducing a smaller, distilled version for broader accessibility.
DeepSeek Unveils Updated R1 Model
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has released an update to its R1 reasoning model, dubbed DeepSeek-R1-0528, on the developer platform Hugging Face
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. This update comes as a "minor trial upgrade" according to the company's WeChat announcement5
. The updated model, weighing in at 685 billion parameters, is released under a permissive MIT license, allowing for commercial use1
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Source: Analytics Insight
Improved Performance and Reduced Hallucinations
DeepSeek claims that the new R1 update has significantly improved its depth of reasoning and inference capabilities
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. The company states that the model now has a reduced "hallucination" rate and can perform better in mathematics, programming, and general logic compared to its previous version4
. DeepSeek asserts that the overall performance of R1-0528 is approaching that of leading models such as OpenAI's O3 and Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro3
.Distilled Version for Broader Accessibility
Alongside the full-sized R1 update, DeepSeek has also released a smaller, "distilled" version called DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B
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. This model, built using Alibaba's Qwen3-8B as a foundation, is designed to run on a single GPU, making it more accessible for both academic research and industrial development of small-scale models2
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Source: Tom's Guide
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Benchmark Performance
The distilled version of R1 has shown impressive performance on certain benchmarks. DeepSeek claims that it outperforms Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash on the AIME 2025 math test and nearly matches Microsoft's Phi 4 reasoning plus model on the HMMT math skills test
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. Additionally, the LiveCodeBench leaderboard ranks DeepSeek's updated R1 reasoning model just slightly behind OpenAI's O4 mini and O3 reasoning models on code generation, while surpassing xAI's Grok 3 mini and Alibaba's Qwen 35
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Source: The Verge
Impact on the AI Industry
DeepSeek's R1 model initially shook up the AI industry in January 2025 by rivaling systems from much larger US developers at a fraction of the cost
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. This latest update further intensifies the competition in the AI space, challenging the view that scaling AI requires vast computing power and investment5
. In response to DeepSeek's advancements, other tech giants have made strategic moves:- Chinese companies like Alibaba and Tencent have released models claiming to surpass DeepSeek's
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. - Google's Gemini has introduced discounted tiers of access
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. - OpenAI has cut prices and released an O3 Mini model that relies on less computing power
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