Recently, DeepSeek, a leading company in the field of artificial intelligence in China, issued a statement through official channels, officially denied rumors that its next-generation AI model, DeepSeek R2, will be released on March 17. Previously, news circulated on the X platform said that DeepSeek R2 will be unveiled in the middle of this month and may bring major breakthroughs in programming capabilities, multilingual reasoning and cost-effectiveness. However, DeepSeek's official corporate consulting account clearly responded in the user group: "Refute the rumor: R2 is released as fake news", which completely broke this speculation.
This rumor first fermented rapidly on the X platform recently. Xiaohu posted earlier today that DeepSeek R2 is expected to be released on March 17, and citing unconfirmed sources, sparking widespread discussion. Subsequently, users such as ANDREW_FDWT also forwarded similar content on X, saying that the model may challenge existing AI giants such as Claude Sonnet 3.7. However, DeepSeek's quick refutation of the rumors shows that these claims are purely rumor and the company has no plans to launch R2 in the short term.
DeepSeek's previous generation model R1 has caused waves in the global AI field due to its low-cost and high-performance performance. The outside world generally expects R2 to go further in technology, so any turbulence about its release has attracted much attention. Nevertheless, the incident shows that the market's enthusiasm for DeepSeek may also breed unproven information dissemination. After the news of refuting the rumors came out, X user myfxtrader commented: "It seems that everyone's expectations for R2 are too high, and fake news is flying everywhere."
At present, DeepSeek has not announced the official release schedule of R2. Previous reports said that the company originally planned to launch R2 in May, focusing on improving coding capabilities and multilingual support, but whether this timeline is still valid remains to be confirmed. Analysts pointed out that DeepSeek's proactive clarification not only reflects the importance of information accuracy, but may also aim to avoid premature hype interfering with its R&D rhythm.
As the rumors spread, the discussion on X platform gradually subsided. User jike_collection concluded in the post: "DeepSeek official has taken action to refute the rumors, and the rumors about R2 have come to an end. Everyone should be patient." Although the release on March 17 has been falsified, the future trends of DeepSeek R2 will still be a major focus in the AI field.