DeepSeek debuts AI models to rival Google, OpenAl

China’s DeepSeek unveiled two new versions of an experimental artificial intelligence (AI) model it released weeks ago, adding fresh capabilities the startup said would help with combining reasoning and executing certain actions autonomously.

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While the model the company released in September was called DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp in a nod to its experimental status, the latest version is dubbed simply DeepSeek-W823

The startup says the new service matches the performance of OpenAl’s flagship GPT-5 across multiple reasoning benchmarks, suggesting China’s open-source systems remain competitive with Silicon Valley’s frontier proprietary models on at least certain metrics.

DeepSeek also said the V3.2 version combines that ability to mimic something like human reasoning with the capability to use tools like search engines, calculators and code executors.