DeepSeek taps Alibaba open-source AI technology to boost OCR performance

South China Morning PostCenter-RightEN 1 min read 100% complete by Ben JiangJanuary 27, 2026 at 03:00 PM

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DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has enhanced its OCR technology by integrating Alibaba Cloud's open-source Qwen2-0.5b model. The upgraded model, DeepSeek-OCR 2, replaces the original system's CLIP framework with Alibaba's technology to improve document processing. This update, released three months after the initial OCR system, highlights the increasing significance of China's open-source ecosystem in advancing domestic AI development. DeepSeek claims the new model mimics human reading patterns by using logical structures to scan documents. The move demonstrates a shift towards leveraging local open-source AI for improved performance in OCR applications.

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Microsoft 40% OpenAI 50% Qwen2-0.5b ×260% Contrastive Language Image Pre-training (CLIP) ×260% Alibaba Group Holding 60% China 70% Alibaba Cloud ×480% DeepSeek ×590%

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optical character recognition 100% ocr model 90% artificial intelligence 80% deepseek 70% open-source 70% qwen2-0.5b 60% alibaba cloud 60% clip 50% ai development 50% neural network 40%