Chinese AI startup DeepSeek released two new language models on December 1, 2025, claiming they match the performance of OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini-3.0-Pro on multiple benchmarks. The company made both models freely available under an open-source MIT license. DeepSeek-V3.2 serves as an everyday reasoning assistant, while DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale focuses on advanced mathematical and coding tasks. …
The generative AI consumer app ecosystem is beginning to stabilize after years of rapid change, according to new data from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The firm’s fifth edition of its Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps ranking shows only 11 new entries on the web list, down from 17 newcomers in March 2025. Google …
The Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek recently released its new model, DeepSeek V3.1, which is freely available as open source. According to an article by Michael Nuñez in VentureBeat, early tests show its performance rivals that of leading proprietary systems from American companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. The model quickly gained popularity among developers after …
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has released a significant update to its open-source reasoning model, bringing it closer to competing with paid services from OpenAI and Google. The new DeepSeek-R1-0528 model shows substantial improvements in complex reasoning tasks across mathematics, science, and programming. VentureBeat’s Carl Franzen reports that the updated model achieved 87.5% accuracy on the …
As creative professionals, we’ve already witnessed how generative AI has transformed the way we create content, design visuals, and develop ideas. Now, there’s a new player in the field: Reasoning AI. Unlike traditional AI models that excel at pattern recognition or generating content, Reasoning AI models are designed to approach problems through logical analysis and …
Security researchers at NowSecure have identified multiple severe security and privacy vulnerabilities in the DeepSeek iOS mobile application, which has been among the top downloaded apps since January 2025. The investigation revealed that the app transmits unencrypted user data, employs weak encryption methods with hardcoded keys, and sends sensitive information to servers connected to Chinese …
A comprehensive comparison of AI models DeepSeek-R1 and o1 reveals that while both systems make errors, R1’s transparent reasoning process gives it an advantage in practical applications. This finding comes from recent testing conducted by Ben Dickson, as reported in VentureBeat. The comparison focused on real-world tasks including investment calculations, data analysis, and sports statistics …
Security researchers from Cisco and the University of Pennsylvania have discovered severe safety vulnerabilities in DeepSeek’s R1 AI chatbot. According to findings published by Matt Burgess in Wired, the model failed to detect or block any of the 50 tested malicious prompts designed to elicit harmful content. The researchers achieved a 100% success rate in …
OpenAI and Microsoft are investigating whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI’s technology to develop its new R1 language model. According to reports from Bloomberg and the Financial Times, the companies are probing whether DeepSeek obtained data output from OpenAI’s technology in an unauthorized manner. David Sacks, a venture capitalist and Trump administration member, …
DeepSeek’s new AI reasoning model R1 could substantially reduce the costs of developing AI applications. According to an analysis by Ben Dickson in VentureBeat, DeepSeek-R1 offers similar capabilities to leading models at a fraction of the price. The model costs $2.19 per million output tokens, compared to OpenAI’s o1 at $60 per million tokens. When …