Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek quietly released a new version of its R1 reasoning model on Wednesday, marking its first revision since its high-profile debut in January.
The Hangzhou-based company said it had “completed a minor update to the R1 model”, which is now available on the website for its namesake chatbot, as well as its mobile apps, according to a notice posted in a company-run WeChat group chat.
DeepSeek did not disclose details of the changes in the update,…



