Scientists are flocking to DeepSeek-R1, a cheap and powerful artificial intelligence (AI) ‘reasoning’ model that sent the US stock market spiralling after it was released by a Chinese firm last week.

As of early 2025, 52% of U.S. adults report using AI large language models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Copilot, making LLMs one of the fastest-adopted technologies in history. 34% of U.S.

In the AI world, there’s a buzz in the air about a new AI language model released Tuesday by Meta: Llama 3.1 405B. The reason? It’s potentially the first time anyone can download a GPT-4-class large ...