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DeepSeek keeps prices 75% lower with GPT-level performance; memory efficiency seen as key
China\'s AI company DeepSeek is in talks to raise about 70 billion yuan while maintaining free model releases and a low-cost API strategy, with efficiency in computing and memory seen as its core edge. Analysts cited sharply lower memory use versus rivals and optimised cache design that cuts costs and improves inference speed even on lower-performance chips. The approach is also linked to constraints on access to Nvidia\'s newest AI chips.
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LG unveils EXAONE 4.5 multimodal AI model focused on stronger reasoning
LG AI Research on Wednesday unveiled EXAONE 4.5, a multimodal AI model that understands and reasons over text and images. The model is positioned as a preparatory step to expand modalities under the company’s proprietary AI foundation model project, K-EXAONE. LG AI Research said EXAONE 4.5 is strong at reading and reasoning over complex industrial documents and posted benchmark scores exceeding several rival models.
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FriendlyAI offers free API access to K-EXAONE model after top 1st evaluation
FriendlyAI said on Jan. 20 it will provide the K-EXAONE 236B foundation model, developed by an LG AI Research consortium, for free in API form through Jan. 28. The company said K-EXAONE ranked first in a first-round performance evaluation. Developers can integrate or test the model through FriendlyAI’s serverless API without separate GPU configuration or complex infrastructure. FriendlyAI said the offer is aimed at helping users compare and switch from Qwen3 235B or closed models.
