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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chan Ho-Him and Matt O'Brien

China's DeepSeek rolls out a long-anticipated update of its AI model

China AI DeepSeek - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook world markets last year, launched preview versions of its latest major update Friday as the AI rivalry between China and the U.S. heats up.

DeepSeek’s V4 has been keenly anticipated by users keen to test how it compares to U.S. competitors like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini. Anthropic and OpenAI have accused DeepSeek of unfairly building its technology off their own.

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