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DeepSeek

Sources used: First-hand material.

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Record status: Published record

What this status means

This is a published Atlas record with no open challenge recorded in this edition. It is not a guarantee that the sources are current or the interpretation is correct.

Status recorded: 2026-09-16. This is separate from the source-reading and actor-review dates.

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Source is over 18 months old.

Publication dates and source age

Sources counted: 1

Newest dated source: 2025-01-20

Assessed at this edition's evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

Publication age does not tell us whether a claim is still valid. Reading an old source again does not make its publication date newer. An update date does not establish that the passage we used was updated.

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What this position covers

Its own model-release announcements. [1]

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What to keep in mind

Publishing model weights and benchmark claims does not establish a preferred frontier pace or catastrophic-risk stance. A two-axis position remains unplaced. [1]

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Context and qualifications

Announces R1 model access and release of weights and related materials. [1]

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Release announcement

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The wider picture

Publishes AI models; the reviewed release does not establish both map axes. [1]

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What the source can establish

The company announcement describes a model release. Model access, performance claims and corporate ideology are different questions. [1]

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Sources and what we read

  1. 1. DeepSeek-R1 Release

    Source is over 18 months old.

    Publication dates and source age

    Sources counted: 1

    Newest dated source: 2025-01-20

    Assessed at this edition's evidence cutoff: 2026-09-15. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-15.

    Publication age does not tell us whether a claim is still valid. Reading an old source again does not make its publication date newer. An update date does not establish that the passage we used was updated.

    Read the release announcement and model-access descriptions. Product availability and benchmark claims do not establish an institutional stance on catastrophic AI risk.

Edition and machine-readable evidence

Content version 0.20.0. Evidence cutoff 2026-09-15; this does not mean every source was read on that day.

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