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Hugging Face Takes on DeepSeek with Open-R1

CosmicTaco · 2025-01-29T11:43:32.024566+05:30

- Just a week after DeepSeek's R1 AI model release, Hugging Face researchers, led by Leandro von Werra, announced Open-R1 to replicate and open-source R1's components. - DeepSeek's R1, despite its performance, lacks transparency, pushing Hugging Face to pursue an open knowledge approach. - The Open-R1 project aims to democratize AI development, leveraging community efforts and Hugging Face's resources to build a transparent, open-source reasoning model. Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/hugging-face-researchers-are-trying-to-build-a-more-open-version-of-deepseeks-ai-reasoning-model/)

Just a week after DeepSeek's R1 AI model release, Hugging Face researchers, led by Leandro von Werra, announced Open-R1 to replicate and open-source R1's components.
DeepSeek's R1, despite its performance, lacks transparency, pushing Hugging Face to pursue an open knowledge approach.
The Open-R1 project aims to democratize AI development, leveraging community efforts and Hugging Face's resources to build a transparent, open-source reasoning model.

Source: TechCrunch