DeepSeek looks to repeat R1 success, challenge OpenAI with AI agents launch

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is reportedly looking to release a new AI model designed to perform advanced agent tasks better than OpenAI’s ChatGPT according to people familiar with the ￰0￱ to a Thursday Bloomberg insight the Hangzhou-based company is working on software capable of carrying out multi-step actions on behalf of users with “minimal human input.” The planned system is learning from past shortcomings and could improve its performance over time the people requesting anonymity told ￰1￱ founder Liang Wenfeng is reportedly pushing his team to release the new agent-focused model in the final quarter of this ￰2￱ launched within the proposed timeframe

it could become the company’s most ambitious move since January’s R1 release a large language model (LLM) that mimicked human reasoning and was supposedly developed at just $6 million a small fraction of the cost of ChatGPT’s ￰3￱ is building LLMs on previous releases R1’s launch may have generated international attention topping US download charts during its first week; DeepSeek has not yet released a new AI model and only made incremental ￰4￱ in both the United States and China have rolled out a series of new models in the ￰5￱ reported by Cryptopolitan on August 21

the company released its flagship V3 system which it said was optimized for compatibility with Chinese-made ￰6￱ to developers the software has faster processing speeds and could reduce Beijing’s dependence on American-made ￰7￱ has been technologically held hostage with export restrictions from Washington which prevented Nvidia from sending advanced chips to the second-largest economy in the ￰8￱ August launch followed two other updates earlier in the year: an R1 upgrade in May and an enhancement of the V3 platform in ￰9￱ reiterated that its V3.1 model supports a precision format known as UE8M0 FP8

optimized for “soon-to-be-released next-generation domestic chips.” FP8 or 8-bit floating point is a data format that allows AI systems to use less memory while increasing ￰10￱ changes terms of use The company is trying to compete with American AI players such as OpenAI Anthropic

and Microsoft who have all introduced their own agent-style platforms in recent months to make artificial intelligence more autonomous and ￰11￱ back home DeepSeek is also keeping watch of companies like Manus AI a startup with Chinese roots that has created what it describes as a “general AI agent.” Unlike traditional chatbots

which generate text-based responses Manus AI agent systems execute complex tasks like planning travel writing and debugging ￰12￱ its technical development DeepSeek has implemented stricter policies governing AI-generated material on its ￰13￱ to local news outlet GizmoChina

the AI startup announced new requirements mandating that all content created with its models be clearly labeled as ￰14￱ official notice shared through the media said these markers include both visible and hidden ￰15￱ identifiers could be text such as “AI-generated,” audio disclaimers or on-screen ￰16￱ markers are embedded within metadata and may include information about the content type the company that produced it and a unique identification ￰17￱ has prohibited users from altering

removing or falsifying these ￰18￱ has also banned tools designed to tamper with the markings warning that violators may face legal consequences backed by the Chinese government’s ￰19￱ the profit side

DeepSeek’s rout at the start of the year improved China’s AI market and Huawei Technologies Co. the Shenzhen-based telecommunications and electronics giant credited the AI demand for helping it return to profitability in the first half of the ￰20￱ $50 free to trade crypto when you sign up to Bybit now