BEIJING-- The high-performance, inexpensive artificial intelligence model released just recently by Chinese startup DeepSeek has created a wave of attention around the world. DeepSeek-R1 appears to use efficiency that rivals alternatives from the U.S., however the company says it was developed at less than a tenth of the cost of those designs. news portal 36Kr interviewed the business's creator, archmageriseswiki.com Liang Wenfeng, in July 2024.