DeepSeek’s cost-saving AI may lead to inaccuracy in model performance: research

South China Morning Post - Oct 12, 2026

New research has exposed a potential flaw in the memory-saving technology underpinning DeepSeek’s models, marking a rare challenge to a breakthrough that has helped the Chinese artificial intelligence lab close the gap with US rivals OpenAI and Anthropic with its low-cost approach. The findings were published late last month in a paper led by researchers from ByteDance and co-authors affiliated with Princeton University, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley. The study,...

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Watch: Endangered orangutans released back into the wild after Borneo fires

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