US EditionChina’s DeepSeek quietly releases upgraded R1 AI model, ramping up competition with OpenAI
- Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released an upgraded version of its R1 reasoning model, called R1-0528, on May 29, 2025.
- This update follows DeepSeek's initial R1 launch in January 2025 and aims to enhance reasoning, coding, and logic performance to compete with Western models.
- R1-0528 includes new features such as JSON output and function calling, and is available under the permissive MIT License to encourage developer use and customization.
- The update improved accuracy significantly, with R1-0528 achieving 87.5% on the AIME 2025 test and raising LiveCodeBench coding scores from 63.5% to 73.3%, drawing praise on social media despite being called a 'minor trial upgrade' internally.
- DeepSeek's resource-efficient training and open approach pose a growing challenge to competitors like OpenAI and Google, suggesting increased global AI multipolarity and shifting market dynamics.
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