DeepSeek says frontier models now lead open source by 18 months, up from 2 at R1's launch
Select_Dream634 · reddit · 2026-09-15
Citing a claim from DeepSeek's side, the poster notes frontier closed models now lead open source by about 18 months, whereas at R1's launch the gap was only 2 months. The author is puzzled, speculating money or GPUs may play a role — but notes that if it were just funding and GPUs, Google should be even further ahead, which isn't the case, sparking discussion on why the gap suddenly widened.
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