DeepSeek Introduces Vision

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DeepSeek's chat interface now supports vision, allowing image understanding.

What commenters are saying

Commenters confirm vision is active for some users on chat.deepseek.com but not yet in the API. Multiple users report waiting for API vision support, citing it as the only blocker for purchase. Several commenters note DeepSeek has recently been replying in Chinese, with theories including token efficiency of Hanzi and training data bias. One user found DeepSeek vision fast and accurate with unusual photos. A camp discusses whether US AI models should seek to ban foreign competition.