On March 11, media outlet Wisdom Financial cited a "source" as saying that DeepSeek the next generation AI Models DeepSeek-R2 will be released on March 17th.

DeepSeek-R2 is described as achieving breakthroughs in a number of key areas, including better programming capabilities, multilingual reasoning, and higher accuracy at a lower cost. Corresponding sources believe that these features, if realized, could give it a significant advantage in the global AI race.
As of 1AI's press release, DeepSeek has not yet officially announced the specific date and technical details of R2, etc.Earlier market expectations for DeepSeek-R2 model release in May.