DeepSeek to open-source parts of online services code

In Brief

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek plans to open-source portions of its online services’ code as part of an “open source week” event next week.

DeepSeek will open-source five code repositories that have been “documented, deployed and battle-tested in production,” the company said in a post on X on Thursday.

Code repositories are storage locations for software development assets, and typically contain source code as well as configuration files and project documentation.

“As part of the open-source community, we believe that every line shared becomes collective momentum that accelerates the journey,” the company wrote. “Daily unlocks are coming soon. No ivory towers — just pure garage-energy and community-driven innovation.”

DeepSeek, which has a history of making its AI models openly available under permissive licenses, has lit a fire under AI incumbents like OpenAI. In recent social media posts, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted DeepSeek has lessened OpenAI’s technological lead, and said that OpenAI would consider open-sourcing more of its technology in the future.

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