Deepseek Releases Update To Its AI Reasoning Model R1 - 1

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Deepseek Releases Update To Its AI Reasoning Model R1

  • Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
  • Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager

The AI startup DeepSeek released the latest update to its reasoning AI model, R1, on the Hugging Face platform on Thursday. The update, R1-0528, was launched without an official announcement and with only a few details provided.

In a rush? Here are the quick facts:

  • DeepSeek released a new update for its R1 model, including an MIT license.
  • R1-0528 has performed almost as well as frontier models such as o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro.
  • The latest version offers a reduced hallucination rate.

According to TechCrunch , the Chinese company shared a post on the social media platform WeChat on Wednesday, informing followers about the recent development. The update includes a “minor” upgrade: the adoption of a permissive MIT license, which allows the model to be used commercially.

“In the latest update, DeepSeek R1 has significantly improved its depth of reasoning and inference capabilities by leveraging increased computational resources and introducing algorithmic optimization mechanisms during post-training,” states the document shared by DeekSeek on Hugging Face. “Its overall performance is now approaching that of leading models, such as o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro.”

In the graphics of the benchmark test results, DeepSeek R1-0528 performs just as good—or better—than similar competitive models. In the AIME 2025 benchmark, DeepSeek R1-0528 reached an 87.5 score, below the OpenAI o3 model with 88.9 points, but better than Gemini-2.5 Pro 0506, Qwen3-235B, and its own previous version, DeepSeek-R1.

“Beyond its improved reasoning capabilities, this version also offers a reduced hallucination rate, enhanced support for function calling, and a better experience for vibe coding,” states the document.

Clément Delangue, co-founder and CEO of Hugging Face, spread the news of the R1 update on the social media platform X.. “Just a few minutes later & the updated R1 is already available on some of our inference partners,” wrote Delangue. “All on the model page – beautiful!” Multiple users shared their interest in the latest version of R1.

DeepSeek was recently involved in a data breach case , in which its database was exposed, offering access to third parties to around 1 million logs, API keys, and chat history. The vulnerability has already been handled by DeepSeek.

Opera Introduces Neon, the First Agentic AI Browser - 2

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Opera Introduces Neon, the First Agentic AI Browser

  • Written by Andrea Miliani Former Tech News Expert
  • Fact-Checked by Sarah Frazier Former Content Manager

In a rush? Here are the quick facts:

  • Opera introduces its new agentic browser called Opera Neon.
  • The new tool can perform tasks on behalf of users, such as building a video game to booking a trip.
  • Users who want to test Opera Neon must subscribe to the waiting list.

Opera shared a short film to announce the new product, in which a humanoid robot, representing the new tool, explains what Opera Neon is, its main features—Chat, Do, and Make—, and its capabilities in interviews.

“Opera Neon is an agentic browser that can act on your behalf,” explains the robot in the humorous video. “Think less Samantha from Her, and more R2D2.”

Spike Jonze’s movie has been referenced multiple times by AI developers. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, has compared ChatGPT to the AI character Samantha in the film—and even got threatened with legal actions by Scarlett Johansson , the voice of Samantha, for replicating her voice.

The robot says that Opera Neon focuses more on actions and not just explanations. Its multilingual Chat feature can answer complex questions and browse the web, Do can perform tasks, Make can create code and build applications—from a bacteria simulation to Nokia’s 3210 Snake game.

According to Opera’s post answering a user’s question, the new agentic browser differs from other AI models with agentic features for its integration into the web. “Opera’s solution differs from other browser-use agents in that we are not relying on visual representation of the web page, but since Opera is native to the web page, we can work directly on it,” wrote the company on the social media platform X.

“Opera therefore operates faster and more securely by working on top of the user’s current browser context, and doesn’t have to send e.g credentials to any 3rd party to process logins.”

Opera joins the AI agent trend in the tech world. OpenAI launched its AI agent Operator in January, and Microsoft introduced its “Computer Use” feature for Copilot Studio a few weeks ago.