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Researchers Develop $50 AI Model Rivaling OpenAI

CosmicTaco · 2025-02-06T11:03:04.252737+05:30

- Stanford and UW researchers created a $50 AI reasoning model, s1, rivalling OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1. - Trained using Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental and distillation, s1 is open-sourced on GitHub. - The achievement raises questions about AI commoditization, with big AI labs expressing concerns over potential misuse. Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/researchers-created-an-open-rival-to-openais-o1-reasoning-model-for-under-50/)

Stanford and UW researchers created a $50 AI reasoning model, s1, rivalling OpenAI’s o1 and DeepSeek’s R1.
Trained using Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental and distillation, s1 is open-sourced on GitHub.
The achievement raises questions about AI commoditization, with big AI labs expressing concerns over potential misuse.

Source: TechCrunch