DeepSeek's updated R1 AI model is more censored than the AI lab's previously releases, one test found — in particular when it comes to criticism of the Chinese government.

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released the first update to its hit R1 reasoning model in the early hours of Thursday, stepping up competition with U.S. rivals such as OpenAI.

DeepSeek’s R1 model gets an update with major improvements in reasoning and output, signaling China’s growing influence in the global AI race.