DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company founded in December 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, has rapidly ascended to prominence with its innovative AI models. The company’s latest release, DeepSeek-R1, has notably surpassed OpenAI’s ChatGPT to become the top free app on the U.S. Apple App Store.
- What sets DeepSeek apart is its efficient use of resources. The company employs a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, which divides the AI model into specialized sub-networks or “experts.” Each expert focuses on specific aspects of language or tasks and is activated only when relevant. This approach enhances efficiency, conserves resources, and accelerates processing.
- DeepSeek’s success, achieved with fewer advanced chips and at a lower cost, challenges assumptions about the resources necessary for cutting-edge AI development.
