The Chinese startup DeepSeek released an AI reasoning model that appears to rival the abilities of a frontier model from OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

Some AI researchers hailed DeepSeek’s R1 as a breakthrough on the same level as DeepMind’s AlphaZero, a 2017 model that became superhuman at the board games Chess and Go by purely playing against itself and improving, rather than observing any human games.

The announcement confirms one of two rumors that circled the internet this week. The other was about superintelligence.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recognized the rise of new AI competitor DeepSeek and its model DeepSeek R1. He praised DeepSeek's pricing strategy and emphasized OpenAI's ongoing commitment to developing superior AI models.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged DeepSeek’s growing presence in the AI space, praising the Chinese AI startup’s latest model while reaffirming OpenAI’s dominance. In a series of tweets, Altman described DeepSeek R1 as “an impressive model,

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R1, sent shockwaves through Wall Street, with major tech firms—most notably Nvidia—experiencing sharp stock declines.

In just a few weeks, Liang Wenfeng, the 39-year-old founder of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, has become a defining figure in China’s tech landscape. His company’s breakthrough AI model has not only challenged Western dominance in artificial intelligence but also sparked a global selloff in tech stocks following its launch last week.