Neowin News Feed for: Deepseek

Popular open-source editor Zed hits 1.0 with DeepSeek-V4 support and major fixes

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:26:01 +0000

Created by the minds behind Atom, Zed 1.0 is officially ready for prime time. Discover how the latest update improves performance and fixes long-standing bugs on Windows and Linux. Read more...

DeepSeek V4 goes live with massive 1.6T parameters and 1M context support

Paul Hill — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:04:01 +0000

DeepSeek's latest open-source AI models boast up to 1.6 trillion parameters and elite coding skills. Discover how the new Pro and Flash variants compare in performance and API pricing. Read more...

Anthropic accuses China of 'industrial-scale' attempt to steal Claude's abilities

David Uzondu — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:36:02 +0000

Anthropic says multiple Chinese AI labs attempted to manipulate Claude by operating large networks of fake accounts to extract data for training their own models. Read more...

Google AI chief warns China is only months behind Western models

Paul Hill — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:26:02 +0000

Demis Hassabis reveals China is rapidly closing the AI gap despite chip bans, potentially reaching the frontier within just a few months. Read more...

China limits the ability of AI chatbots to influence human emotions

Hamid Ganji — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:16:01 +0000

The new bill in China requires human-like interactive AI services to limit the generation of content that may influence users' emotions or encourage self-harm. Read more...

DeepSeek launches new math-oriented model to solve secrets of the universe

Paul Hill — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:14:02 +0000

DeepSeek has launched a new math-facing model that will help humans unlock new math discoveries to better understand the universe. Read more...

These 25 AI Apps in one unlimited plan is still 85% off with ChatPlayground AI

Neowin Deals — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:08:02 +0000

Compare multiple AI models like DeepSeek, ChatGPT, OpenAI and more side-by-side in one for a faster, smarter and more accurate result every time you run a prompt. Read more...

China's military reportedly tried to acquire Nvidia chips for AI servers and robot dogs

Hamid Ganji — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 16:18:01 +0000

China appears to have sought access to Nvidia products for military AI applications and the development of a robot dog. Read more...

Germany claims Deepseek sends user data to China, demands removal from app stores

David Uzondu — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:44:01 +0000

DeepSeek's legal troubles are far from over, as it now faces a possible ban from German app stores due to concerns over its handling of user data. Read more...

DeepSeek releases updated R1 reasoning model with significant improvements

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 29 May 2025 01:50:01 +0000

DeepSeek has now released an impressive update to R1, DeepSeek-R1-0528, which is already showing strong performance in coding benchmarks. Read more...

OpenAI is finally releasing an open weight model

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:50:01 +0000

Sam Altman confirmed that OpenAI will release an open-weight model in the coming months, marking a major shift in its proprietary approach. Read more...

DeepSeek releases its new V3 language model runnable on consumer hardware for free

Omer Dursun — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:16:01 +0000

DeepSeek released a new version of its open-source language model, DeepSeek, that can run on consumer hardware. Read more...

Foxconn unveils its own large language model distilled from Meta's Llama 3.1

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:38:01 +0000

Foxconn has announced its own large language model, FoxBrain, that it would use to streamline its manufacturing processes within the company. Read more...

Microsoft brings DeepSeek 7B and 14B AI models to Copilot+ PCs

Pradeep Viswanathan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:26:01 +0000

Microsoft is expanding the availability of DeepSeek AI models for Copilot+ PCs, allowing for local execution of larger models (7B and 14B). Read more...

Report: More than 400 million users use ChatGPT every week

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 06:36:01 +0000

ChatGPT is now reportedly used by more than 400 million people every week, while the company's enterprise customers have also doubled since 2024. Read more...

DeepSeek has been blocked in another country due to privacy concerns

David Uzondu — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:02:01 +0000

DeepSeek's troubles are not over, as another country has joined the list of countries blocking the app, this time over privacy concerns. Read more...

It's common to compare AI developments to the Space Race, but it's far from the same

Paul Hill — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 16:00:01 +0000

Is it right to call the current developments in AI an AI Race, which draws comparisons with the Space Race and all the nationalistic fervor that went along with it? Let's take a look. Read more...

Democrats and Republicans want to ban DeepSeek on government devices

Omer Dursun — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 04:02:01 +0000

US lawmakers propose bipartisan bill to ban Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek on government devices over data security concerns, mirroring earlier restrictions on TikTok. Read more...

"Disturbing" new detail emerges about DeepSeek and what it does with your data

David Uzondu — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:58:01 +0000

A new report from a cybersecurity firm has revealed some details about hidden code in DeepSeek that raises privacy concerns. Read more...

Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices citing 'unacceptable security risk'

Omer Dursun — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:42:01 +0000

Australia bans DeepSeek AI chatbot on government devices over security risks, mirroring concerns that led to the TikTok ban. Read more...

EFF responds to Republican bill that could jail citizens for downloading DeepSeek

David Uzondu — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 08:02:01 +0000

EFF has responded to a recent bill proposal that, if passed, could lead to jail time or fines for using Chinese AI models like DeepSeek. Read more...

The U.S. is currently investigating if DeepSeek smuggled advanced Nvidia GPUs into China

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:52:01 +0000

The U.S. government is currently investigating whether DeepSeek illegally acquired advanced Nvidia GPUs through intermediaries in Singapore. Read more...

DeepSeek sees partial restoration of services after massive DDoS attack

Paul Hill — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:00:02 +0000

DeepSeek, the powerful Chinese ChatGPT rival, has partially restored its services after a massive DDoS attack in recent days. Just the ability to do web searches remains offline. Read more...

Softbank plans to invest up to $25 billion into OpenAI, surpassing Microsoft

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 06:00:01 +0000

SoftBank is currently in discussions to invest up to $25 billion into OpenAI, which would make it the largest financial backer of the AI startup, surpassing Microsoft's investment. Read more...

Microsoft brings DeepSeek R1 to Azure AI Foundry and GitHub

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 05:48:02 +0000

Microsoft has made the DeepSeek-R1 model available in Azure AI Foundry and GitHub, providing enterprises with access to a powerful and cost-efficient AI model. Read more...

DeepSeek gets removed from Apple and Google app stores in Italy amid GDPR and privacy probe

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:40:02 +0000

Chinese AI app DeekSeek has been removed from the Apple and Google app stores in Italy following an investigation by the Italian privacy watchdog. Read more...

Move over DeepSeek: Alibaba's Qwen2.5-Max surpasses DeepSeek-V3 in benchmarks

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 12:06:01 +0000

Alibaba has just released its latest model, Qwen2.5-Max. It surpasses DeepSeek-V3 in many benchmarks and can be tested out now on Qwen Chat. Read more...

Report: Microsoft, OpenAI investigating whether DeepSeek was trained on stolen U.S. data

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:38:02 +0000

Microsoft and OpenAI are currently investigating whether the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek improperly accessed data from OpenAI's proprietary technology. Read more...

Meta creates four 'war rooms' to unravel how DeepSeek is outperforming rivals at lower costs

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:08:01 +0000

Reports suggest that the war rooms full of engineers are brainstorming on how a Chinese hedge fund-backed AI startup DeepSeek introduce game-changing AI at a fraction of the cost. Read more...

Hugging Face wants to make DeepSeek R1 fully open by filling closed source gaps

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:54:01 +0000

DeepSeek has made waves in the last week but some parts of the project are not open source. Hugging Face has announced a plan to fill those gaps. Read more...

Historic wipeout for Nvidia shares as DeepSeek's popularity surges on

David Uzondu — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:24:01 +0000

DeepSeek, which has been around since 2023, is now experiencing its "ChatGPT moment," causing stock prices for Western companies like Nvidia to drop. Read more...

Sam Altman promises "AGI and beyond" in response to DeepSeek, Nvidia responds too

Sayan Sen — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:20:01 +0000

After the massive success of DeepSeek, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia have offered their official responses. Read more...

DeepSeek's Janus-Pro model outperforms OpenAI's DALL-E 3 in image generation

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:56:01 +0000

The budget AI DeepSeek has launched its image generation model Janus-Pro which has outperformed the likes of OpenAI's DALL-E and Stability AI's Stable Diffusion. Read more...

DeepSeek outage and performance issues keep hitting hard as users flock from ChatGPT

Sayan Sen — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:26:02 +0000

DeepSeek is currently battling performance issues and various other problems as users flock to it from ChatGPT and other AI apps. Read more...

China-based AI chatbot DeepSeek is the top free app on US App Store, overtakes ChatGPT

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:38:01 +0000

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has overtaken ChatGPT as the top free app on the US App Store just two weeks after its release. Read more...

Meta plans to spend $65 billion on AI investments, amid DeepSeek superiority claims

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:00:01 +0000

Meta says that it will invest up to $65 billion in 2025 for building AI at a time when DeepSeek, an open-source Chinese AI model has reportedly outperformed Meta's AI models. Read more...

DeepSeek-V3 has a problem: it keeps claiming to be ChatGPT

David Uzondu — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 06:44:01 +0000

Despite its impressive specs, DeepSeek-V3 has shown odd behavior, with users reporting it occasionally claims to be ChatGPT. Read more...

DeepSeek-V3 sets new standard for open-source language models

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:44:02 +0000

DeepSeek AI has released DeepSeek-V3, a powerful and efficient open-source large language model that outperforms even some popular closed-source models. Read more...