Silicon Valley stunned as China’s DeepSeek-R1 surpasses US AI giants, undercuts costs
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Tensions escalated in Silicon Valley this week following the launch of DeepSeek's R1 model, a Chinese AI technology that has surpassed leading U.S. companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic in third-party performance benchmarks. The unease began earlier with the release of DeepSeek v3, which already outperformed Meta’s Llama 4. The R1 model, unveiled on January 20, has been noted for its significant improvements in model inference capabilities, raising concerns among American tech firms about competition and innovation in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
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