You’ve seen the headlines, but what is DeepSeek, and—more importantly—is this something HR leaders need to care about?

DeepSeek, a two-year-old Chinese startup, launched its latest model early last week, setting new benchmarks in AI performance with top-tier models from Anthropic and OpenAI. According to a LinkedIn post by Armen Berjikly, chief technology officer at BetterUp, DeepSeek “found a series of clever engineering solutions that reduced expensive memory usage with minimal impact on performance.

These breakthroughs have sparked a conversation about global AI leadership and the sustainability of tech valuations. The global investment strategy team at J.P. Morgan Wealth Management described the situation as “markets adjusting to a new threat,” calling DeepSeek a model that challenges “assumptions about U.S. technology dominance.”

DeepSeek’s latest model achieves performance on par with OpenAI’s cutting-edge model in math, coding and reasoning tasks, according to J.P. Morgan Wealth Management, while reportedly operating and training at approximately 95% lower costs.

Berjikly explained that the model is cheaper to operate than traditional alternatives, owing to advancements like multiple-token prediction, which speeds up response generation with minimal accuracy trade-offs.

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Source: https://hrexecutive.com/understanding-deepseek-what-hr-leaders-need-to-know/