Microsoft brings DeepSeek to its cloud

SAN FRANCISCO -- Microsoft on Wednesday announced that DeepSeek's reasoning model R1 is available on Azure AI Foundry service, Microsoft's platform that brings together a number of artificial intelligence (AI) services for enterprises under a single banner.

In a blog post, Microsoft said that the version of R1 on Azure AI Foundry has "undergone rigorous red teaming and safety evaluations," including "automated assessments of model behavior and extensive security reviews to mitigate potential risks."

In the near future, customers will be able to use "distilled" flavors of R1 to run locally on Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft said.

"As we continue expanding the model catalog in Azure AI Foundry, we're excited to see how developers and enterprises leverage... R1 to tackle real-world challenges and deliver transformative experiences," Microsoft noted in the post.