The artificial intelligence race has been dominated by proprietary models from OpenAI and Google, but a new challenger is shifting the landscape. DeepSeek’s latest AI model, R1, has bolstered the case for open-source AI,

Chinese startup DeepSeek has disrupted the AI industry with its low-cost, open-source model, prompting industry giants to reassess their approaches. Sega Cheng, AI expert, and iKala co-founder, emphasized the importance of reinforcement learning (RL) while noting ongoing debate over DeepSeek's actual GPU usage.