Start Your Engines Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware that AI is developing at a breakneck pace. Early yesterday morning, a rather gleeful post on X-formerly-Twitter announced the release of DeepSeek R1 — a Chinese "reasoning" AI model which has performed "on par" with OpenAI-o1, a similar model released on December 5, 2024. And unlike OpenAI-01, DeepSeek R1 claims to be entirely open source, meaning its progress is fueled by the free and collective efforts of a dedicated community, as opposed to barrels of cash from Silicon Valley bigwigs. If true, the announcement hails another milestone […]