DeepSeek Targets AI Agent Release to Rival OpenAI

DeepSeek Targets AI Agent Release to Rival OpenAI
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According to a Bloomberg report, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is planning to release an AI agent system by the end of 2025. This move is seen as a direct challenge to major US rivals like OpenAI, which are also pushing into the AI agent space.

The new system is designed to perform complex, multi-step actions on a user’s behalf with minimal human instruction, and it is expected to learn and improve based on its past actions. This development follows the company’s previous success with its R1 reasoning model, which gained attention for its performance on par with leading US systems at a fraction of the training cost (CNET).

The plan to release an AI agent positions DeepSeek as a key player in the global race to develop increasingly autonomous AI systems. However, the company has also publicly acknowledged that technical limitations, such as the inevitability of “hallucinations” or flawed outputs, remain a challenge in creating such systems at scale (Implicator.ai).