Scientists flock to DeepSeek: how they’re using the blockbuster AI model

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Researchers are testing how well the open model can perform scientific tasks — in topics from mathematics to cognitive neuroscience.

Scientists are flocking to DeepSeek-R1, a cheap and powerful artificial intelligence (AI) ‘reasoning’ model that sent the US stock market spiralling after it was released by a Chinese firm last week.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00275-0

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