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Adding to the debate, critics have pointed to comparable advancements made by organizations outside the US that have chosen to open-source their models, furthering the notion that closed-source AI may stifle collaborative progress in the field. The release of Deep Seek R1 is a case in point: created by a team that, despite a lack of resources relative to xAI, managed to develop and open-source their innovative models, contrasting with the closed approach of Grok 3.