This week, Robert Loft and Haley Hanson explore DeepSeek's newly unveiled R1-Lite-Preview, the AI model causing ripples in the reasoning world. Dubbed as a competitor to OpenAI's o1, this reasoning-first LLM offers transparency with its "chain-of-thought" approach, allowing users to follow its step-by-step logic in real-time.

We break down:

• What makes R1-Lite-Preview unique and how it stacks up against industry heavyweights.
• The potential of transparent reasoning in building trust with AI.
• DeepSeek’s vision to open-source its cutting-edge models.

Is this the model to watch as the AI reasoning race heats up? Or just another splash in the competitive LLM ocean? Tune in to find out!