DeepSeek claims its Janus-Pro-7B outperforms existing models such as OpenAI's DALL-E and Stable Diffusion. In a bold move that mirrors its approach with DeepSeek-R1, the company has made Janus-Pro-7B free and open source.

OpenAI has accused Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek of using its proprietary models to train an open-source competitor.

Key Takeaways Alibaba rolled out a new AI model it says can outperform models from DeepSeek, OpenAI, and Meta Platforms.The Chinese tech giant's U.S.-listed shares climbed in early trading Wednesday following the release.