Core Viewpoint - DeepSeek has released an updated version of its R1 model, enhancing its capabilities in semantic understanding, complex logical reasoning, and long text processing stability, amidst escalating competition in the AI sector [1][2]. Group 1: Model Enhancements - The R1 model has significantly improved its understanding capabilities, with user feedback indicating a notable increase in performance, particularly in activating parameters and presenting key information logically [3]. - Programming capabilities have also seen a substantial upgrade, with users reporting the ability to generate over 1000 lines of code without bugs [4]. - The R1 model is now considered competitive with Claude 4, a leading programming model [5]. Group 2: Previous Model Performance - Earlier this year, DeepSeek released the DeepSeek-V3-0324 model, which outperformed Claude-3.7-Sonnet in various assessments, particularly in mathematics and coding tasks, and was noted for its strong performance in reasoning tasks despite being a non-reasoning model [6]. - The cost-effectiveness of the R1 model is highlighted, being priced at only 1/11 of Claude-3.7-Sonnet and 1/277 of GPT-4.5, while also being open-source and free for commercial use [7]. Group 3: Market Impact - The emergence of the R1 model has led to a decline in global tech stocks, as investors question the necessity of significant investments by companies like Microsoft in developing advanced AI models and services [8]. Group 4: Future Developments - There is ongoing speculation regarding the release of the R2 model, which is expected to enhance code generation capabilities and reasoning in multiple languages. Initial plans for its release were set for early May [9]. - The R2 model is anticipated to utilize a more advanced mixture of experts model, with a total parameter count projected to reach 1.2 trillion, significantly reducing reasoning costs compared to GPT-4 [10]. - Despite the speculation, DeepSeek has not officially confirmed any details regarding the R2 model's release timeline [11].