As of early 2025, 52% of U.S. adults report using AI large language models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot, making LLMs one of the fastest-adopted technologies in history. 34% of U.S.

Scientists are flocking to DeepSeek-R1, a cheap and powerful artificial intelligence (AI) ‘reasoning’ model that sent the US stock market spiralling after it was released by a Chinese firm last week.

Last week, Chinese lab DeepSeek released an updated version of its R1 reasoning AI model that performs well on a number of math and coding benchmarks. The company didn’t reveal the source of the data ...

When DeepSeek released its R1 claiming it had achieved its generative AI large language model for just $6 million, the billions being spent by U.S. AI market leaders including Microsoft-funded OpenAI ...