DeepSeek's V3.1 update and missing R1 label spark speculation over fate of R2 AI model
DeepSeek has updated its foundational V3 model and removed references to its reasoning model R1 from its chatbot, prompting speculation about a shift in the company's research focus.
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DeepSeek announced on Tuesday the release of the V3.1 model in a brief message to one of its WeChat user groups. The update expands the context window to 128k, allowing the model to hold more information – equivalent to a roughly 300-page book – during user interactions.
The company did not announce the update on its public social media channels, including its X account.
DeepSeek has also deleted references to the R1 model from its chatbot's 'deep think' feature, raising questions about the progress of its much-anticipated
next-generation R2 model
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Founded by entrepreneur Liang Wenfeng as a side project of his quantitative trading firm, DeepSeek gained global attention with the launch of V3 in December and R1 in January, which spurred a wave of open-source AI adoption in China. However, the company has not disclosed its development timeline or plans for future models.
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