DeepSeek R1: Open-Source AI Reasoning at 27x Lower Cost
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, just dropped R1 – an open-source reasoning model that matches OpenAI’s o1 on benchmarks while costing 27.4x less ...
DeepSeek R1: $6M Open-Source AI Matches OpenAI o1—But There’s a Catch
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek just released R1, an open-source reasoning model that matches OpenAI’s o1 ...
Microsoft Open-Sources VibeVoice: 60-Min Voice AI
Microsoft open-sourced VibeVoice-ASR on January 21, 2026, a frontier voice AI model that processes 60-minute ...
Qwen3-TTS: 3-Second Voice Cloning Beats ElevenLabs
Voice cloning just went from expensive cloud services to free open-source code. Alibaba’s Qwen3-TTS, released ...
Sweep AI 1.5B Model Beats GitHub Copilot at Code Autocomplete
Sweep AI released an open-weights 1.5B parameter code autocomplete model TODAY that outperforms models four ...
cURL Ends Bug Bounty Program to Stop AI Slop (Jan 2026)
After two years fighting an “AI slop tsunami,” cURL creator Daniel Stenberg shut down the project’s bug bounty program on January 21, 2026. ...
Nova Launcher Adds Ads Day One: Instabridge 2026
Swedish company Instabridge acquired Nova Launcher on January 20, 2026, and within 24 hours users ...
How to Run DeepSeek R1 Locally: Complete Developer Guide
Introduction DeepSeek R1, the open-source reasoning model that beat OpenAI’s o1 on multiple benchmarks, is ...
Cloudflare Acquires Astro: Framework Wars Intensify
Cloudflare acquired The Astro Technology Company on January 16, 2026, marking a strategic move in ...
DeepSeek R1: How a $6M Model Shattered AI’s Cost Barrier
A $6 million AI model just dethroned ChatGPT from the top of the U.S. App ...
