
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched DeepSeek R1, an open-source language model that challenges AI industry leaders with its high efficiency at a significantly lower cost.
One of its biggest advantages is its cost-effectiveness, offering capabilities comparable to OpenAI models but at only 3% of the cost.
It also operates efficiently by activating only 37 billion of its 671 billion parameters, optimizing computational resources while maintaining performance.
Being fully open-source, it stands apart from ChatGPT, providing developers worldwide with unrestricted access to modify and improve the model.
While U.S. AI development is driven by private companies and government initiatives, China is focusing on state-led AI projects and optimizing its models to function efficiently despite restrictions on AI chips.
This has raised security concerns in the U.S., prompting discussions on stricter AI regulations.
Meanwhile, in Italy, DeepSeek is under investigation for potential data privacy violations after its app was removed from Apple’s App Store and Google Play.
DeepSeek, founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a co-founder of High-Flyer, launched its open-source language model on January 20, 2024.
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