A Chinese AI company, DeepSeek, has unveiled an open-source AI image generator called Janus-Pro-7B, claiming it outperforms OpenAI's DALL-E 3 and Stability AI's Stable Diffusion. This move sent shockwaves through the US stock market. The new model is a significant upgrade from DeepSeek's previous image generator, Janus, launched in late 2024.
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