DeepSeek, which stunned the tech world in January with a breakthrough AI model, had earlier described the experimental version of the model as a step toward next-generation artificial intelligence. — Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash
China’s DeepSeek unveiled two new versions of an experimental artificial-intelligence model it released weeks ago, adding fresh capabilities the startup said would help with combining reasoning and executing certain actions autonomously.
While the model the Hangzhou-based company released in September was called DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp in a nod to its experimental status, the latest version is dubbed simply DeepSeek-V3.2. The startup says the new service matches the performance of OpenAI Inc.’s flagship GPT-5 across multiple reasoning benchmarks, suggesting China’s open-source systems remain competitive with Silicon Valley’s frontier proprietary models on at least certain metrics.
