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DeepSeek will reportedly launch an agent by the end of this year.
Agents have become a focal point in the ongoing AI race.
The company's debut was a turning point in the global AI race.
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that sent shockwaves throughout Silicon Valley earlier this year with its sudden ascent onto the global tech scene, is reportedly gearing up to launch its most powerful AI system yet.
The company aims to release an AI agent to compete with similar models from OpenAI, Google, and other tech giants by the end of this year, according to a Thursday report from Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources.
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In contrast to traditional chatbots, which require consistent prompting from human users, agents can autonomously execute multi-step tasks with little to no human oversight. Tech developers have been promoting them as the next rung in AI's evolutionary ladder, and as productivity boosters for businesses looking to automate some mundane and time-consuming aspects of everyday work.
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