DeepSeek releases upgraded AI model, claims parity with ChatGPT, Gemini

The R1-0528 model features enhanced reasoning capabilities, with DeepSeek asserting it’s closing the gap with OpenAI’s and Google’s latest models.

DeepSeek, a China-based artificial intelligence company, has announced an upgrade to its AI chatbot, saying it can now offer enhanced overall logic, mathematics and programming with a reduced hallucination rate.

According to DeepSeek, the upgraded model — DeepSeek-R1-0528 — has “significantly improved its depth of reasoning and inference capabilities.” The startup said the model’s overall performance is now “approaching that of leading models, such as O3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro.”

DeepSeek’s debut of its R1 chatbot in January sent shockwaves through the AI industry and further established China as an AI force. The company’s first AI model had a training cost of $6 million and similar performance to leading AI models trained on significantly larger sums of capital.

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