The V3.1 update lays the groundwork for the model to support AI agents, DeepSeek says.

China's DeepSeek has released a 685-billion parameter open-source AI model, DeepSeek V3.1, challenging OpenAI and Anthropic with breakthrough performance, hybrid reasoning, and…

The Chinese start-up has introduced only a few incremental updates in recent months, while competitors have released new models.

The V3.1 update lays the groundwork for the model to support AI agents, DeepSeek says.

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has hinted that China will soon have homegrown "next generation" chips to support its AI development.