Tensions rose in Silicon Valley this week after DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, launched its R1 model, which outperformed top US AI companies, including OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic, in third-party benchmarks. The anxiety began with DeepSeek v3, which left Meta’s Llama 4 trailing in benchmarks. On Jan. 20, DeepSeek-R1 was released, significantly enhancing model inference capabilities despite … Continue reading Silicon Valley stunned as China’s DeepSeek-R1 surpasses US AI giants, undercuts costs