DeepSeek, a Chinese startup has seemingly become the talk of the AI town, especially due to its R1 model which surpasses OpenAI's o1 reasoning model capabilities across math, science, and coding at 3% of the cost.
Unlike other AI models from companies like Microsoft and OpenAI, which require exorbitant resources and vigorous training, the Chinese startup's model is open-source. This allows interested parties to study and replicate its development at a fraction of the cost of sophisticated AI models. Benchmarks demonstrate impressive performance, outperforming sought-after models like GPT-4o, Gemini, and Claude.
