DeepSeek R1: $294K training cost, ultra‑low inference rates
Sep 21, 2025
DeepSeek’s R1 cost ~$294K to train with 512 H800 GPUs and 80h. Inference costs are ~$0.55 input / $2.19 output per million tokens.
DeepSeek-V3 Unveiled: 236B Parameters and 128K Context for Free
Sep 01, 2025
DeepSeek-V3 majorly upgrades from V2 with a massive 236B parameter count, a vastly larger 128K context window, and superior performance, all offered for free.
Alibaba Develops New AI Chip to Counter NVIDIA Dominance
Sep 01, 2025
Alibaba is developing a new AI chip to reduce China's reliance on foreign technology like NVIDIA's, amid ongoing export controls and supply chain challenges.
VibeVoice AI Challenges the Traditional Audiobook Production
Sep 01, 2025
Microsoft's open-source VibeVoice-1.5B AI can generate synthetic speech, threatening to disrupt the audiobook industry by reducing reliance on human narrators.
Edit Images with Text Precision: Qwen-Image-Edit Released
Aug 21, 2025
Qwen-Image-Edit adds precise bilingual text, semantic, and appearance editing via dual encoding accessible via Chat, API, Hugging Face, and open-source
Qwen‑Image: Open-Source 20B Model for Text-Rich Image Generation
Aug 05, 2025
Qwen-Image is a new 20B open-source model that integrates flawless bilingual text rendering with powerful image editing & generation capabilities.
GLM-4.5 vs. Claude 4 Sonnet: Is China Winning the Open-Source AI Race ?
Aug 01, 2025
China's Zhipu AI releases GLM-4.5 models, outperforming Claude 4 Sonnet in benchmarks, signaling China's open-source AI leadership.
Alibaba Launches Open Source Model Qwen3‑Coder
Jul 25, 2025
Alibaba’s Qwen3‑Coder: 480 B MoE model (35 B active), agentic coding AI with massive context window, matches GPT‑4/Claude, fully open‑source.