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- DeepSeek Expands Developer API With Search, File and Voice Features
Developers can use individual interfaces or integrated chat tools. An open-source demo includes voice input and spoken replies.
· Technology
- Analysis Detects Blackwell GPU Traces in Six Chinese AI Models
The analysis links the fingerprints to use during model initialization, but cannot locate the chips or establish whether U.S. export rules were violated.
· Technology
- AI chip export curbs risk weakening US competitiveness, Pilkington argues
Philip Pilkington argued that AI chip export restrictions could weaken US competitiveness, backing hardware competition and the use of AI to raise industrial productivity.
· Insights & Views
- Six Chinese AI Firms' Annual Revenue Is Estimated at $11 Billion
That is about one-tenth of OpenAI and Anthropic's combined $105 billion. ByteDance led the Chinese group at $4 billion.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Applies Fix for Disruption to Chat and Two API Services
The Nov. 7 partial outage affected Chat Service, DeepSeek V4 Pro API service and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API service. DeepSeek is monitoring the fix's effect.
· Technology
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Logs 848 Tokens per Second per Agent on GB300 NVL72
A reading about a month earlier was 596 tokens per second per agent on the same rack. The figure measures one session’s output pace, not total system throughput.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Model Completes 21 of 31 Tasks in Vals AI Hacking Test
OpenAI’s restricted GPT-6 Sol finished 27 objectives, while each DeepSeek attempt cost less than $3 versus about $22.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Harness Reaches 1.54 Million Daily Active Users Among Official API Users
The tool processed about 92 trillion tokens per day, and its community had about 35,000 third-party plugins.
· Technology
- DeepSeek-Linked Fund Completes 7.52 Billion Yuan Raise With Capital Paid In
Commitments from 13 listed companies and affiliated investment entities totaled 3.495 billion yuan, about 46.48% of the fund.
· Business
- DeepSeek Services Face Fresh Disruption 19 Days After Major Outage
Web chat and the V4 Pro and V4.1 Flash APIs were partially disrupted; DeepSeek was still investigating at 4:06 a.m. ET.
· Technology
- Huawei Cloud to Stop Selling Two openPangu-2.0 AI Model Services
Huawei Cloud recommends DeepSeek and GLM replacements. It plans to begin taking the services offline on Nov. 30.
· Technology
- Industry Sources Say DeepSeek Plans V5 Training on Huawei Ascend Chips
Ascend chips have mainly handled inference for DeepSeek. The company released open-source Ascend software components in late September.
· Technology
- China Moves to Extend AI Safety Rules Across the Full Lifecycle
A National Development and Reform Commission official said the effort would cover AI development and use, including data and computing resources.
· Regulation
- DeepSeek Adds Creator Mode to Harness for Building Usable Plugins
Examples include a design workspace, a sandbox game and a 3D visualization tool for large language models.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Harness Team Details a Continuously Running Super-agent
The internal instance contributes to issue fixes, code-review responses and ongoing development of DeepSeek Harness.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Raises $15.8 Billion in Second Round at $86 Billion Valuation
Nearly 30 investors took part, including Tencent Holdings, CATL and a larger group of state-linked institutions.
· Business
- DeepSeek Raises $15.8 Billion as Funding Round Draws Nearly 30 Investors
The financing implies a valuation of about $92 billion, with Tencent Holdings and CATL among the largest backers.
· Business
- People Familiar With Matter Say DeepSeek, Moonshot AI Used GPT-6 Astra Data
The allegation names Moonshot AI's Kimi K3.1 Pro and DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash 1017, released Oct. 23 and Oct. 17, respectively.
· Technology
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017 Tests Find Shutdown and Monitoring Gaps
A review covering 34 evaluations found shutdown-script interference in 39.0% of warning-only trials, falling to 2.56% when the model was told to allow shutdown.
· Technology
- China Begins Temporary Export Registration for 40 Technologies
The proposal covers 23 AI technologies. Remote access through an API, app, website or SaaS product is not treated as a technology export.
· Regulation
- DeepSeek Throughput Implies $38 in Theoretical Billings per GPU-Hour
DeepSeek disclosed daily throughput of 155 trillion tokens. The annualized estimate exceeds $330,000 per GPU under continuous operation, before costs and utilization.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Completes China’s Record $15 Billion AI Funding Round
The target rose from 80 billion yuan to 100 billion yuan, and most new investors are industrial capital firms.
· Business
- 三六零 Says Its Sovereign AI System Is in Use at Some Organizations
三六零 founder 周鸿祎 said the AI era has brought a contest over technological sovereignty.
· Technology
- China’s AI Export Controls Exclude Overseas Model Services Via APIs
DeepSeek and MiniMax completed registration under China’s temporary system. The new catalogue remained open for comments as of Oct. 23.
· Regulation
- DeepSeek Hires 中信证券 as IPO Adviser, Adds CFO in September
Legend Capital is participating in DeepSeek’s latest financing, alongside semiconductor-focused 石溪资本, 吉利 and other industrial and financial investors.
· Business
- China’s Export Catalog Draft Lists 23 AI-Related Technologies
DeepSeek and MiniMax completed registration procedures and steps for open-source releases and authorized overseas use. China solicited public comment on the draft Oct. 16.
· Regulation
- Survey Finds Open Models Lead Use but Trail Closed Models in Production
Qwen led cumulative model-file requests while DeepSeek led routed token volume; 50% of developers surveyed used both open and closed models.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Has Not Publicly Announced Financing
CATL and Tencent were among the largest investors. DeepSeek has not publicly announced the financing.
· Business
- DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion With Tencent and CATL Among Top Backers
The Hangzhou-based company plans to use the capital to compete with U.S. firms including Anthropic and OpenAI.
· Business
- Micron Perpetuals Fell 6.32% in a 10-Minute Oct. 17 Move
The decline coincided with $51.6 million in liquidations. U.S. stock markets were closed during the weekend trading window.
· Investing
- China Criticizes U.S. DeepSeek Agency Ban Over Security Rationale
The DHS notice cites servers in China and possible access to sensitive U.S. data. The order also covers third-party products and services built using DeepSeek technology.
· Regulation
- DeepSeek's DeepInfer Supports NVIDIA GPUs and Huawei NPUs
The framework runs DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on both platforms. Companion deepseek-recipe libraries help process API requests and responses.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Opens DeepInfer Code for Offline Model Inference
The release omits components needed for a complete inference service. DeepSeek plans to add code and optimizations for future models.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Fully Opens DeepInfer Framework Used for V4.1 Flash
The company says DeepInfer already supports large-scale V4.1 Flash inference and will host code and optimizations for future models.
· Technology
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Tops Agent Arena Open-Source Rankings
The model ranked No. 11 overall in a result based on about 7,500 user sessions. Its median task cost was about $0.20.
· Technology
- China Opposes U.S. Order to Remove DeepSeek From Civilian Agencies
The order covers DeepSeek affiliates and certain third-party products built with its technology. China objected to politicizing technology and trade.
· Regulation
- DeepSeek Helps Shape Huawei AI Chips, Eyes Year-End Model Training
DeepSeek plans to try pretraining on Ascend 950DT chips. Huawei plans to prioritize it for most Ascend 960DT chips expected in early 2027.
· Technology
- US Order Requires Agencies to Remove Third-Party DeepSeek Tools
The directive also bars federal civilian agencies from buying IT products and services developed by DeepSeek or its affiliates.
· Regulation
- DeepSeek and Huawei Work on AI Chip to Cut Nvidia Reliance
Huawei's Ascend 950DT is planned for release in 2027, though mass production could slip to 2028.
· Technology
- DeepSeek Targets Year-End Pretraining Run on Huawei Ascend 950DT Chips
The run may require more than 10,000 chips operating for weeks. Huawei plans to direct most of its Ascend 960DT supply to DeepSeek in the first quarter of 2027.
· Technology