Microsoft brings DeepSeek’s R1 AI model to Azure AI foundry, GitHub

Microsoft has announced the addition of DeepSeek’s R1 AI model to its Azure AI Foundry platform and GitHub. This integration allows Microsoft customers to easily incorporate the R1 model into their AI applications. R1 has been making headlines this week due to its ability to be trained at a fraction of the cost compared to leading AI models, such as those from OpenAI.