Microsoft has moved surprisingly quickly to bring R1 to its Azure customers.

Microsoft made DeepSeek's groundbreaking R1 AI model available on the Azure AI Foundry platform as well as GitHub.

Both OpenAI and Microsoft are reportedly probing the Chinese startup to check if it accessed and used OpenAI’s technology to build its R1 reasoning large language model.

Distilled R1 models can now run locally on Copilot Plus PCs, starting with Qualcomm Snapdragon X first and Intel chips later. This brings a lot more AI capabilities to Windows, and it’s something Microsoft was already working on with its Phi Silica language models.

Microsoft has added DeepSeek R1 to its Azure AI Foundry and GitHub model catalog, enhancing its collection of over 1,800 AI models. The model aims to improve AI reasoning and streamline development with tools for quick experimentation and security assessments.

While some organizations are restricting employee usage of the new open source DeepSeek AI from a Chinese company due to data collection concerns, Microsoft has taken a different approach.

Microsoft has brought one of DeepSeek's models to its cloud, and says that 'distilled' versions of the model will come to Copilot+ PCs soon.

Microsoft has added DeepSeek 's R1 model into its Azure AI Foundry platform and GitHub. The move is likely to improve Microsoft's customer experience. This affordable AI model from the Chinese start-up has shaken US financial markets with its performance and low training costs against top models from OpenAI, Meta, and Google.