"DeepSeek, and R1 in particular, was the first model I've seen post some points," Nadella said.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has admitted that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek caught him off guard with its powerful model, R1 — the first he’s seen to seriously challenge OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella lauded DeepSeek's R1 as a formidable competitor to OpenAI's models, surpassing even Google's Gemini in performance. This recognition, along with praise from OpenAI's ...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admitted that DeepSeek's R1 AI model caught him off guard with its performance comparable to ...

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Chinese AI startup's R1 model scored real points DeepSeek’s R1 model has done what no one else has managed and gotten ...

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Musk’s deal means that the latest versions of xAI’s Grok models will be hosted on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform, alongside competing models from OpenAI and other companies, including ...

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