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 in an official WeChat group on Wednesday.
The Hangzhou-based startup stunned the global tech industry in January when it unveiled R1, an AI model that outperformed Western players on several standardized metrics, purportedly at a cost of just several million dollars. That triggered a rout in global tech stocks as investors questioned whether leading firms would still need to spend significant amounts to build AI services.
The debut of R1 also set off a race to launch additional AI models in China. Founder Liang Wenfeng became a symbol of the country’s ability to compete with the best of Silicon Valley.
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