DeepSeek's New AI Model Challenges OpenAI with Cost-Effective, Fast AI Solutions
March 25, 2025
In a direct comparison, ChatGPT slightly outperformed DeepSeek in accuracy and helpfulness, though both platforms provided similar programmatic responses.
Future developments for DeepSeek include plans for multimodal support and additional advanced features aimed at enhancing its open-source AI capabilities.
As AI tools like DeepSeek and ChatGPT continue to evolve, they are seen as valuable for enhancing efficiency and innovation in business, while still relying on human creativity and judgment.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched an upgraded AI model named V3-0324 on Hugging Face, positioning itself competitively against major players like OpenAI.
The rapid rise of DeepSeek has prompted industry experts to reevaluate the belief that more graphic processing units (GPUs) necessarily lead to better AI performance.
The development of this model was achieved at a fraction of the cost of previous iterations and requires significantly less computational power than its competitors.
Despite skepticism from some in the AI community about its claims, DeepSeek's emergence has raised concerns among investors regarding the sustainability of large AI investments by tech giants.
DeepSeek's model is reported to run at over 20 tokens per second on the Mac Studio, marking a significant shift from the traditional reliance on data centers for AI processing.
DeepSeek's model is open-source and free to distribute under an MIT license, promoting wider accessibility and allowing for local deployment on consumer hardware like Apple's Mac Studio.
Weighing in at 641 gigabytes, the model's 4-bit quantized version reduces its storage requirement to 352GB, making it suitable for high-end consumer systems.
The model utilizes a mixture-of-experts architecture, activating only specific parameters during tasks, which enhances efficiency compared to traditional models.
The launch of DeepSeek-V3-0324 was notably low-key, lacking the extensive marketing and documentation typical of AI releases in the industry.
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Reuters • Mar 25, 2025
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