Perplexity lets you try DeepSeek R1 without the security risk, but it’s still censored [Video]

Chinese startup DeepSeek AI and its open-source language models took over the news cycle this week. Besides being comparable to models like Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s o1, the models have raised several concerns about data privacy, security, and Chinese-government-enforced censorship within their training. 

AI search platform Perplexity and AI assistant You.com have found a way around that, albeit with some limitations. 

Also: I tested DeepSeek’s R1 and V3 coding skills – and we’re not all doomed (yet) 

On Monday, Perplexity posted on X that it now hosts DeepSeek R1. The free plan gives users three Pro-level queries per day, which you could use with R1, but you’ll need the $20 per month Pro plan to access it more than that.