DeepSeek R1
OSSCODING 4/5REASONINGDeepSeek · R1 · by DeepSeek · released 2025-01-20
Open-weight reasoning model. Free API tier and open weights.
Context: 64,000Max out: 8,192License: MIT
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DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model released with free API.
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