DeepSeek R1 AI can now run on a single GPU

The next big thing from DeepSeek isn’t here yet. That’s DeepSeek R2, which is in development and should bring notable performance improvements. But like OpenAI, … The post DeepSeek R1 AI can now run on a single GPU appeared first on BGR.

May 30, 2025 - 19:40
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DeepSeek R1 AI can now run on a single GPU

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The next big thing from DeepSeek isn't here yet. That's DeepSeek R2, which is in development and should bring notable performance improvements. But like OpenAI, Google, and other AI firms, the Chinese startup continues to upgrade the models it released publicly in recent months.

DeepSeek R1 is one of those models. It’s a reasoning AI that DeepSeek released in early 2025, shaking up the AI stock market. In case you forgot, DeepSeek managed to train a frontier AI model as good as ChatGPT o1 without access to the latest Nvidia hardware used by US AI firms.

DeepSeek relied on software innovations to make up for its hardware limitations, and DeepSeek R1 became a hit AI app overnight. The company also launched its AI models as open-source, allowing users to install them on their own devices and run them locally without needing an internet connection.

Open-sourcing DeepSeek helped its AI models spread even faster. At the same time, access to an open-source version of DeepSeek R1 helps prevent user data from reaching Chinese servers and lets researchers bypass some of the built-in censorship found in web and mobile apps.

While I've advised caution when using AI models that involve heavy censorship or send user data to places like China, it's ultimately your choice which models you want to use regularly. 

If you're a fan of the DeepSeek experience, you'll be glad to know the Chinese startup just upgraded the R1 model and released a smaller, distilled version that only needs one GPU to run.

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