DeepSeek updates its R1 reasoning AI model, releases it on Hugging Face

DeepSeek's R1 AI model has been updated with a hefty 685 billion parameters, making it difficult to run on ordinary hardware due to its sheer size and complexity. The model is now available under a MIT-licensed version on Hugging Face without detailed documentation or description, raising concerns among regulators in the U.S. who have expressed skepticism over the company's technology amid national security fears.