DeepSeek R1 explained: Everything you need to know

how it is better than OpenAI’s Chat GPT

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DeepSeek is a groundbreaking AI model that marks the beginning of a new era in artificial intelligence. It has the potential to reshape careers, industries, and innovation, directly impacting your job, profession, and career development.

On January 20, 2025, DeepSeek launched its R1 AI model at a much lower cost than other models like GPT-4 and Gemini. They also made it open source, so anyone can use it for free.

What is Deep Seek?

Deep Seek is an advanced open-source AI training language model made by China that has actually reached the level of OpenAI’s GPT and has somewhat surpassed it according to current information.

This has been developed to promote open-source AI.

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DeepSeek is an AI firm from Hangzhou, China. It was founded in May 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a graduate of Zhejiang University. Wenfeng also co-founded High-Flyer, a Chinese hedge fund that owns DeepSeek. This runs as an independent AI research lab under High-Flyer. The company’s total funding and value have not been shared…