Perplexity AI makes a self-hosted version of the Chinese DeepSeek R1 reasoning model available for use on its AI search engine

In another post, the company confirmed that it hosts DeepSeek "in US/EU data centers - your data never leaves Western servers," assuring users that their data would be safe if usi

Despite the controversy surrounding the Chinese open-source model, it has received the blessing of US companies that say their versions of it are safer and feature less censorship.

Microsoft has added DeepSeek R1 to its Azure AI Foundry and GitHub model catalog, enhancing its collection of over 1,800 AI models. The model aims to improve AI reasoning and streamline development with tools for quick experimentation and security assessments.

Microsoft is bringing Chinese AI company DeepSeek’s R1 model to its Azure AI Foundry platform and GitHub today. The R1 model, which has rocked US financial markets this week because it can be trained at a fraction of the cost of leading models from OpenAI,