DeepSeek R1: The Open Source AI Game Changer

As Promptus’s co-founder focused on learning experiences, I’m constantly tracking AI advancements that could benefit our community of creators.

Today, I’m excited to share my thoughts on a groundbreaking development that perfectly aligns with our mission of democratizing creative AI tools: DeepSeek’s release of their fully open-source R1 model.

🧠 DeepSeek R1: Open Source AI That Rivals The Giants

• Open-source breakthrough: DeepSeek R1 performs on par with—and sometimes outperforms—OpenAI’s proprietary 01 reasoning model. Crucially, R1 is released under the MIT license, so anyone can download, modify, and improve it freely.
• Benchmark highlights:
  • ~80% accuracy on the AIM 2024 benchmark, slightly above OpenAI 01.
  • Coding tasks (Codeforces): 96.3% vs. 01’s 96.6%.
  • Mathematical reasoning: 97.3%, surpassing the competitor.
• Why it matters: When powerful AI is openly accessible, creators at all skill levels gain the freedom to innovate without prohibitive costs or licensing barriers.

✨ Why Open Source AI Matters for Creators

1. Accessibility without barriers
   • Just as Promptus eliminates coding requirements for visual workflows, DeepSeek R1 removes financial and technical gates to advanced reasoning models.
2. Customization potential
   • Under MIT license, developers can adapt R1 for specific creative pipelines, e.g., integrating into Cosyflows for tailored prompt assistance.
3. Cost-effectiveness
   • DeepSeek R1’s pricing (≈$0.14 per million input tokens with cache hits) makes advanced reasoning affordable for individuals and small studios.
   • The smaller 32B variant (72.6% AIM accuracy) uses far fewer resources, perfect for creators with limited hardware.

💡 Beyond the Numbers: Implications for Promptus Users

• Smarter visual workflows: Exceptional reasoning can power:
  • Auto-completion of Cosyflows: AI-assisted suggestions for next nodes or prompt refinements.
  • Enhanced text-to-image prompting: More accurate, context-aware instructions yield better visuals.
  • Interactive AI assistants: Guided onboarding for beginners building their first projects.
• Flexible capability tiers: Distilled versions range from tiny (1.5B) to full (70B) parameters, allowing:
  • Quick ideation on lighter models for hobbyists.
  • Production-grade reasoning on larger versions for professional studios.
• Model Multi-Modality (MoMM) synergy: Combining DeepSeek R1’s reasoning with image models (Stable Diffusion) and video models (Veo 3) moves us closer to seamless, multi-AI creative workflows in a single interface.

🌟 The Future of Accessible AI Creation

The rapid democratization of AI—exemplified by DeepSeek’s open approach—reinforces Promptus’s vision: tools should put powerful technology in everyone’s hands, regardless of technical background. Open source models remove cost and licensing barriers, while no-code workflows remove technical barriers, creating unprecedented creative freedom.

• Explore DeepSeek R1: Try their chat interface at chat.deepseek.com and imagine how its capabilities could enhance your Promptus projects.
• Integrate in Promptus: Whether you use Promptus Web for cloud-based creation or Promptus App for local workflows, integrating reasoning models like DeepSeek R1 will make your creative process more intuitive and powerful.

If you haven’t experienced our no-code AI studio yet, visit https://www.promptus.ai to sign up and choose the version that best fits your workflow.

Our mission remains making AI creation accessible to everyone—and with innovations like DeepSeek R1, that vision becomes even more exciting every day.