'The Power of Open Source': Meta's Chief AI Exec Opens Up on DeepSeek's Disruption in the Space

Meta’s chief scientist Yann LeCun believes we are decades away from achieving human-level AI. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The sudden release of DeepSeek's R1 model, the latest AI innovation from the Chinese firm, has taken the industry by surprise with its impressive performance, recently outpacing popular offerings from companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic.

One notable figure to comment on DeepSeek's performance is Yann LeCun, Meta's Vice President and Chief AI Scientist. He emphasised how the model's success owes much to open-source research and projects that have enabled such advancements.