DeeperML

DeepSeek is making waves in the AI industry with its open-source AI models, challenging the dominance of proprietary models from industry giants like OpenAI and Anthropic. DeepSeek-R1, a reasoning model built on top of DeepSeek-V3, is being recognized as a significant milestone, sparking excitement within the open-source community. Its accessible AI development approach could democratize the technology by allowing anyone to download, modify, and build upon the system at a lower cost. DeepSeek claims it built its system for approximately $5.6 million – roughly one-tenth the cost of Meta’s Llama model.

The company's open-source approach has also raised some concerns. While DeepSeek has released model weights and some technical documentation, it hasn’t fully disclosed its training data, leading to questions about complete transparency. In addition, a cybersecurity company found security and privacy issues of concern in the DeepSeek iOS mobile app. Data is initially sent to the DeepSeek servers with information such as the device language and User Agent data readable. This has prompted lawmakers in the US House of Representatives to consider a ban of DeepSeek's AI models on federal devices.


References :

• techhq.com: DeepSeek’s open-source revolution: A game-changer for AI development?
• datafloq.com: DeepSeek-V3: Pushing the Boundaries of Efficient Large Language Models

Classification:

• HashTags: #OpenSourceAI #DeepSeekAI #AIDemocratization
• Company: DeepSeek
• Target: AI Development
• Product: DeepSeek-R1
• Feature: Open Source AI Models
• Type: AI
• Severity: Informative