DeepSeek has been quietly impressing the AI community for a couple of years, but it's suddenly exploded into the mainstream with the release of its R1 model (not to be confused wi

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is constantly evolving, and there's a new player in the market.DeepSeek, a new AI model from China, has captured the attention of the tech world, surpassing the likes of ChatGPT,

The BBC's AI correspondent, Marc Cieslak discusses why the large language model has caused shockwaves. You can listen to the full episode of the Newscast podcast here.

While the Chinese AI start-up has found innovative ways to reduce infrastructure costs for deploying AI, it's easily replicated by more mature and secure models.