China’s DeepSeek unveils latest model a year after upending global tech
Summary
China’s DeepSeek has launched new versions of its AI chatbot, DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash, a year after its first model gained global attention. These new models compete with other top AI systems from companies like OpenAI and Google and are available as open-source software for developers to use and modify.Key Facts
- DeepSeek unveiled two new chatbot models: V4-Pro and V4-Flash.
- The V4-Pro version excels in math and coding, second only to Google’s Gemini 3.1-Pro in world knowledge.
- The V4-Flash version offers similar thinking abilities but responds faster and costs less to run.
- Both models follow an open-source approach, allowing free use and modification by developers.
- DeepSeek’s first model, DeepSeek-R1, launched in January last year and was compared to ChatGPT and Gemini.
- The company said it spent under $6 million on computing costs, much less than typical AI development budgets in Silicon Valley.
- Some experts doubt DeepSeek’s low cost claims, suspecting they had more funding and advanced technology.
- Several countries, including the US, Australia, and South Korea, placed bans or restrictions on DeepSeek-R1 due to privacy and security worries.
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