DeepSeek Debuts ‘Sparse Attention’ Next-Generation AI Model

DeepSeek updated an experimental AI model in what it called a step toward next-generation artificial intelligence.

The secretive Chinese startup outlined the DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp platform, explaining it uses a new technique it calls DeepSeek Sparse Attention or DSA, according to a post on its Hugging Face page. The latest version marked “an intermediate step toward our next-generation architecture,” the Hangzhou-based startup said, also indicating it was working with Chinese chipmakers on the model.