DeepSeek R1 is Real, but the Myths about it ? Not so real!

Let’s not fall for the misinformation about 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐑𝟏! Let’s set the record straight:⁣ ⁣

1. Training didn’t just cost ~$𝟔𝐌 🧐The $𝟓.𝟓𝐌 figure covers base model compute only—no ablations, smaller runs, or data generation included.⁣

2. It’s not a side project 🙂‍↕️DeepSeek is owned by 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐞𝐫, a Chinese hedge fund managing $𝟕𝐁+ with a team of math, physics, and informatics Olympians.⁣

3. They don’t have “a few GPUs”—they have 𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 🙂‍↔️

4. The real 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐑𝟏 is a 𝟔𝟕𝟏𝐁 𝐌𝐨𝐄 model requiring 𝟏𝟔𝐱 𝟖𝟎𝐆𝐁 𝐆𝐏𝐔𝐬 (𝐇𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐬) to run 🫠

5. The smaller “distilled” versions (e.g., 1.5B) are not R1; 🤭 they’re just fine-tuned 𝐐𝐰𝐞𝐧/𝐋𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚 models. Yes, they can run locally, but they’re nowhere near R1-level performance.⁣

6. Hosted versions on their website may use your data to train new models 🤯(check the ToS).⁣ ⁣

7. The exciting part? DeepSeek just announced 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬-𝐏𝐫𝐨-𝟕𝐁, an open-source model that generates images and outperforms OpenAI’s 𝐃𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐄 𝟑 and 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 across benchmarks 🥺The AI competition is heating up!⁣ ⁣

The good news? has been contributing to open-source and science for 2+ years 🫡 Hugging Face is even building a fully open pipeline. The future looks bright for everyone!