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DIGITIMES AsiaPublished: Jul 8, 2026, 19:00 JST

DeepSeek R1 becomes #2 open-weights reasoning model, challenging frontier AI

DeepSeek R1 becomes #2 open-weights reasoning model, challenging frontier AI

DeepSeek's R1 model has reached the #2 position among open-weights reasoning models (models with publicly available code), according to recent benchmark rankings cited in the article.

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