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DeepSeek
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Native name | 杭州深度求索人工智能基础技术研究有限公司 |
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| Company type | Privately held company |
| Industry | Information technology Artificial intelligence |
| Founded | 17 July 2023[1] |
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| Headquarters | Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
Key people |
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| Owner | High-Flyer |
Number of employees | Under 200 |
| Website | deepseek |
DeepSeek[a] (Chinese: 深度求索; pinyin: Shēndù Qiúsuǒ) is a Chinese artificial intelligence software company. Its first product is an open-source large language model (LLM). It is based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It is owned and funded by Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer. Its co-founder, Liang Wenfeng, established the company in 2023 and serves as its CEO.
The DeepSeek-R1 model provides responses comparable to other contemporary large language models, such as OpenAI's GPT-4o and o1.[3] Its training cost is reported to be significantly lower than other LLMs. The company claims that it trained R1 for US$6 million compared to $100 million for OpenAI's GPT-4 in 2023,[4] and approximately one tenth of the computing power used for Meta's comparable model, LLaMA 3.1.[4][5][6][7]
DeepSeek's AI models were developed amid United States sanctions on China and other countries restricting access to chips used to train LLMs. These were intended to restrict the ability of these countries to develop advanced AI systems.[8][9] Lesser restrictions were later announced that would affect all but a few countries.[10]
DeepSeek's success against larger and more established rivals has been described as "upending AI"[11][12] DeepSeek's compliance with Chinese government censorship policies and its data collection practices raised concerns over privacy and information control, prompting regulatory scrutiny in multiple countries. In February 2024, Australia banned the use of the company's technology on all government devices.
DeepSeek's algorithms, models, and training details are open-source, allowing its code to be used, viewed, and modified by others.[13] Reports indicate that it applies content restrictions in accordance with local regulations, limiting responses on topics such as the Tiananmen Square massacre and Taiwan's political status.[14][15] The company reportedly recruits AI researchers from top Chinese universities,[11] and hires from outside the computer science field to diversify its models' knowledge and abilities.[5]
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- ^ "Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ^ Gibney, Elizabeth (23 January 2025). "China's cheap, open AI model DeepSeek thrills scientists". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00229-6. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 39849139.
- ^ a b Vincent, James (28 January 2025). "The DeepSeek panic reveals an AI world ready to blow". The Guardian.
- ^ a b Metz, Cade; Tobin, Meaghan (23 January 2025). "How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With Silicon Valley Giants". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Cosgrove, Emma (27 January 2025). "DeepSeek's cheaper models and weaker chips call into question trillions in AI infrastructure spending". Business Insider.
- ^ Erdil, Ege (17 January 2025). "How has DeepSeek improved the Transformer architecture?". Epoch AI. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ Sevastopulo, Demetri; Hille, Kathrin (7 October 2022). "US hits China with sweeping tech export controls". Financial Times. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ Nellis, Stephen; Cherney, Max A. (31 August 2023). "US curbs AI chip exports from Nvidia and AMD to some Middle East countries". Reuters. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ Hawkins, Mackenzie; Leonard, Jenny (8 January 2025). "Biden to Further Limit Nvidia AI Chip Exports in Final Push". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ a b Metz, Cade (27 January 2025). "What is DeepSeek? And How Is It Upending A.I.?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Roose, Kevin (28 January 2025). "Why DeepSeek Could Change What Silicon Valley Believe About A.I." The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ Romero, Luis E. (28 January 2025). "ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Or Llama? Meta's LeCun Says Open-Source Is The Key". Forbes.
- ^ Field, Matthew; Titcomb, James (27 January 2025). "Chinese AI has sparked a $1 trillion panic – and it doesn't care about free speech". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Lu, Donna (28 January 2025). "We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
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