DeepSeek has officially released DeepSeek-R1, a groundbreaking open-source language model that matches the performance of OpenAI's o1 while offering unprecedented accessibility and flexibility.

Key Highlights

Performance & Capabilities

• Achieves performance comparable to OpenAI o1 in mathematics, coding, and natural language reasoning
• Leverages advanced reinforcement learning techniques during post-training
• Demonstrates exceptional reasoning abilities with minimal annotated data

Model Variants

• Released two 660B parameter models:
  • DeepSeek-R1-Zero
  • DeepSeek-R1
• Six distilled smaller models, including:
  • 32B and 70B variants matching OpenAI o1-mini's capabilities
  • All models available on HuggingFace

Open Source & Licensing

• All models released under MIT License
• Completely open source with no commercial restrictions
• No application required for usage
• Allows model distillation and derivative works

Research Transparency

• Complete training methodology published
• Technical paper available: DeepSeek R1 Paper

DeepSeek-R1 represents a significant milestone in democratizing access to advanced AI capabilities, combining state-of-the-art performance with an open and accessible approach to artificial intelligence development.