A chatbot developed by DeepSeek company

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DeepSeek is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot by the Chinese company DeepSeek. Released on 20 January 2025, DeepSeek-R1 surpassed ChatGPT as the most downloaded freeware app on the iOS App Store in … Wikipedia
Factsheet
Developer DeepSeek
Initial release 10 January 2025; 11 months ago (2025-01-10)
Stable release DeepSeek V3.2 / 1 December 2025; 21 days ago (2025-12-01)
DeepSeek V3.2-Speciale / 1 December 2025; 21 days ago (2025-12-01)
Factsheet
Developer DeepSeek
Initial release 10 January 2025; 11 months ago (2025-01-10)
Stable release DeepSeek V3.2 / 1 December 2025; 21 days ago (2025-12-01)
DeepSeek V3.2-Speciale / 1 December 2025; 21 days ago (2025-12-01)
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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DeepSeek_(chatbot)
DeepSeek (chatbot) - Wikipedia
2 days ago - DeepSeek is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot by the Chinese company DeepSeek. Released on 20 January 2025, DeepSeek-R1 surpassed ChatGPT as the most downloaded freeware app on the iOS App Store in the United States by 27 January. DeepSeek's success against larger and more established ...
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DeepSeek
api-docs.deepseek.com › deepseek-r1 release 2025/01/20
DeepSeek-R1 Release | DeepSeek API Docs
🏆 Code and models are released under the MIT License: Distill & commercialize freely! 🌐 Website & API are live now! Try DeepThink at chat.deepseek.com today! 🔥 Bonus: Open-Source Distilled Models! 🔬 Distilled from DeepSeek-R1, 6 small models fully open-sourced ·
Discussions

DeepSeek R1 has been officially released!
what impresses me the most is the 32b model. More on reddit.com
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DeepSeek v3 and r1 state a knowledge cutoff date at October and July 2023 respectively.
When I had asked it some questions on the day it was released R1 didn't know anything about 2024. More on reddit.com
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Deepseek r2 when?
Deepseek r2 release date and news · Deepseek r2 model details · Deepseek r2 launch updates · Deepseek r2 delays and issues · Deepseek v4 release date · New to Reddit? Create your account and connect with a world of communities. Continue with Email · Continue With Phone Number · More on reddit.com
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Where is DeepSeek R2?
Let them cook. They are not obligated to release all their models openly, but they still choose to do so. Respect them and be patient. More on reddit.com
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People also ask

Is DeepSeek-R1 open source?
Yes, DeepSeek is open source in that its model weights and training methods are freely available for the public to examine, use and build upon. However, its source code and any specifics about its underlying data are not available to the public.
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builtin.com
builtin.com › artificial-intelligence › deepseek-r1
What Is DeepSeek-R1? | Built In
How to access DeepSeek-R1
DeepSeek’s chatbot (which can be powered by the R1 model) is free to use on the company’s website and is available for download on the Apple App Store. R1 is also available for use on Hugging Face and DeepSeek’s API.
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builtin.com
builtin.com › artificial-intelligence › deepseek-r1
What Is DeepSeek-R1? | Built In
How many parameters does DeepSeek-R1 have?
DeepSeek-R1 has 671 billion parameters in total. But DeepSeek also released six “distilled” versions of R1, ranging in size from 1.5 billion parameters to 70 billion parameters. While the smallest can run on a laptop with consumer GPUs, the full R1 requires more substantial hardware.
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builtin.com
builtin.com › artificial-intelligence › deepseek-r1
What Is DeepSeek-R1? | Built In
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Medium
medium.com › @mayadakhatib › deepseek-r1-a-short-summary-73b6b8ced9cf
DeepSeek R1 — a short summary. On 20th Jan 2025, DeepSeek released a… | by Mayada Khatib | Medium
January 25, 2025 - On 20th Jan 2025, DeepSeek released a new model series — DeepSeek R1. The paper got a lot of traction in the AI research community…
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Epoch AI
epoch.ai › gradient-updates › what-went-into-training-deepseek-r1
What went into training DeepSeek-R1? | Epoch AI
January 31, 2025 - On January 20th, 2025, DeepSeek released their latest open-weights reasoning model, DeepSeek-R1, which is on par with OpenAI’s o1 in benchmark performance. The release has generated a significant amount of controversy, most notably about the ...
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Fireworks AI
fireworks.ai › blog › deepseek-r1-deepdive
DeepSeek-R1 Overview: Features, Capabilities, Parameters
LLM research space is undergoing rapid evolution, with each new model pushing the boundaries of what machines can accomplish. DeepSeek R1, released on January 20, 2025, by DeepSeek, represents a significant leap in the realm of open-source reasoning ...
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Britannica
britannica.com › money › DeepSeek
DeepSeek | Rise, Technologies, Impact, & Global Response | Britannica Money
5 days ago - It was released in January 2025. Reasoning models are designed for step-by-step logical deduction and complex problem-solving, making them better suited to high-level reasoning tasks than standard chatbot models.
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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DeepSeek
DeepSeek - Wikipedia
2 days ago - DeepSeek was founded in July 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the co-founder of High-Flyer, who also serves as the CEO for both of the companies. The company launched an eponymous chatbot alongside its DeepSeek-R1 model in January 2025. Released under the MIT License, DeepSeek-R1 provides responses ...
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Built In
builtin.com › artificial-intelligence › deepseek-r1
What Is DeepSeek-R1? | Built In
At the time of its release in January 2025, R1 held its own against (and in some cases surpassed) the reasoning capabilities of some of the world’s most advanced foundation models — but at a fraction of the operating cost, according to the ...
Published   October 6, 2025
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AWS
aws.amazon.com › blogs › aws › deepseek-r1-models-now-available-on-aws
DeepSeek-R1 models now available on AWS | Amazon Web Services
March 20, 2025 - DeepSeek launched DeepSeek-V3 on December 2024 and subsequently released DeepSeek-R1, DeepSeek-R1-Zero with 671 billion parameters, and DeepSeek-R1-Distill models ranging from 1.5–70 billion parameters on January 20, 2025.
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Lawfare
lawfaremedia.org › article › what-deepseek-r1-means-and-what-it-doesn-t
What DeepSeek r1 Means—and What It Doesn’t | Lawfare
January 28, 2025 - On Jan. 20, the Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a language model called r1, and the AI community (as measured by X, at least) has talked about little else since. The model is the first to publicly match the performance of OpenAI’s frontier “reasoning” model, o1—beating frontier ...
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Venturebeat
venturebeat.com › ai › deepseek-r1-0528-arrives-in-powerful-open-source-challenge-to-openai-o3-and-google-gemini-2-5-pro
DeepSeek R1-0528 arrives in powerful open source challenge to OpenAI o3 and Google Gemini 2.5 Pro | VentureBeat
August 24, 2025 - After rocking the global AI and business community early this year with the January 20 initial release of its hit open source reasoning AI model R1, the Chinese startup DeepSeek — a spinoff of formerly only locally well-known Hong Kong ...
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Reuters
reuters.com › world › china › chinas-deepseek-releases-an-update-its-r1-reasoning-model-2025-05-29
Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek pushes US rivals with R1 model upgrade | Reuters
May 29, 2025 - SHANGHAI/BEIJING May 29 - Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released the first update to its hit R1 reasoning model in the early hours of Thursday, stepping up competition with U.S.
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DataCamp
datacamp.com › blog › deepseek-r1
DeepSeek-R1: Features, o1 Comparison, Distilled Models & More | DataCamp
June 4, 2025 - Learn about DeepSeek-R1's key features, development process, distilled models, how to access it, pricing, and how it compares to OpenAI o1. ... Get your team access to the full DataCamp for business platform. In January 2025, DeepSeek released ...
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Unu
c3.unu.edu › home › deepseek r1: pioneering open-source ‘thinking model’ and its impact on the llm landscape
DeepSeek R1: Pioneering Open-Source ‘Thinking Model’ and Its Impact on the LLM Landscape - UNU Campus Computing Centre
January 23, 2025 - This level of accessibility fosters increased competition and drives innovation within the AI sector, which may compel closed-source models to adapt by reducing costs or enhancing transparency. ... Released on January 20, 2025, DeepSeek R1 is ...
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Nebius
nebius.com › blog › technology articles
DeepSeek R1 and V3: Chinese AI New Year started early
January 27, 2025 - If you think New Year celebrations started on January 1, it depends on how you look at it — because in the AI world, the real fireworks went off in December with the release of DeepSeek V3.
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Nature
nature.com › news › article
How China created AI model DeepSeek and shocked the world
January 30, 2025 - To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript. ... Government policies, generous funding and a pipeline of AI graduates have helped Chinese firms create advanced LLMs. ... Chinese technology start-up DeepSeek has taken the tech world by storm with the release of two large language models (LLMs) that rival the performance of the dominant tools developed by US tech giants — but built with a fraction of the cost and computing power.
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DeepSeek
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DeepSeek
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Center for Strategic and International Studies
csis.org › analysis › deepseek-problem-or-opportunity-europe
DeepSeek: A Problem or an Opportunity for Europe? | CSIS
February 21, 2025 - On January 20, 2025, Chinese AI company DeepSeek released its R1 reasoning model, causing U.S. policymakers and technologists to dramatically reevaluate their assumptions about the state of the Chinese AI ecosystem.