Keep in mind the free tier of #chatGPT is still on GPT-4o mini & 4o if logged in
#Deepseek R1 is a MASSIVE upgrade from that
Likely a very noticeable qualitative difference
inference costs being super low, and being able to release it for free is a big deal!
https://x.com/nickadobos/status/1883659119321927954?s=46 #AI