What is DeepSeek AI?

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The quest for creating an intelligent artificial system that provides accurate answers instead of merely summarizing Google search results is in progress, and the relatively new market is experiencing a significant shift towards innovation. This week, a Chinese company named DeepSeek, who have been developing their models privately for some time, gained widespread attention with their recent breakthroughs.

What is DeepSeek AI?

DeepSeek is a Chinese company established in the year 2023 by investment manager Liang Wenfeng. Although he doesn’t have a traditional tech education, he earned his degree from Zhejiang University and later co-founded High Flyer, a quantitative hedge fund, in 2015. Embracing the use of AI, he applied it to enhance trading tactics.

DeepSeek is working on creating an AI that mirrors human-like intelligence, often called artificial general intelligence. In a market crowded with well-known giants like OpenAI, DeepSeek has been gradually releasing its models. Initially, it preferred to operate in a more low-key environment and allow other companies to grab the limelight. However, now it’s stepping into the spotlight.

The latest model, R1, has ignited the market and appears to have startled investors who heavily invested in firms such as NVIDIA.

Why has DeepSeek R1 had such a big impact?

From an investor’s standpoint, the surge of interest in R1 can be attributed to its remarkably low operational expenses relative to similar businesses. In the business world, cutting costs is often considered equivalent to earning profits, particularly when it doesn’t compromise the product or service’s market value.

Moreover, R1 being open source allows everyone to access, modify, and develop it freely, making potential researchers out of anyone interested in AI. Unlike some other AI companies that maintain exclusive “gardens”, R1 welcomes a broader community to contribute to its development.

This success was attained even though Chinese firms often face challenges in obtaining necessary AI hardware because regulations regarding the sale and export of relevant chips have become increasingly stringent over the years.

In essence, companies such as OpenAI, Meta, X, and others are preparing to invest vast sums into the escalating expenses and immense energy requirements of AI technology development. However, DeepSeek might have found a solution by leveraging less advanced hardware.

It appears that the belief that AI development and operational expenses must be expensive has been challenged by DeepSeek, suggesting that such costs are not necessarily steep. This could lead to increased profitability and extended runtime for the same investment amount.

As a gamer, I’ve been loving the surge in popularity of the DeepMind Assistant app, available on both Apple Store and Google Play Store. This bad boy is powered by DeepSeel-V3, and it’s been outshining ChatGPT lately. What’s even cooler is that you can access DeepSeek through a web browser, or if you prefer local processing, there’s an R1 model you can install on your consumer devices using Ollama. It’s like having AI at the tip of your fingers, or rather, the heart of your gaming setup!

As a passionate enthusiast, I must say that DeepSeek is definitely stirring quite a buzz in our field. However, only time will tell if it can hold its ground and become a true competitor in the long run.

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2025-01-28 03:28