Not clear the AI race has begun

ANALYSIS: DeepSeek has caused a stir since it was launched but does not appear to have a commercial strategy.

DeepSeek was created by Liang Wenfeng.

Christopher McGavin Sun, 02 Feb 2025

Since its release, DeepSeek’s R1 model has caused quite the stir. It has come out of nowhere and performs at least on a par with some of Silicon Valley’s top models like, for example, OpenAI’s o1. And purportedly at a fraction of the cost.

On top of this, the R1 claims to be open source.

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