Alex Getmanearly AI signals

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

DeepSeek

ReleasedUpdated

Timeline

  1. · Weights version · evidence link
Specifications

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is a model from DeepSeek with open weights, first recorded on 7 Oct 2026; its release date is not established.

Weights
Open

Questions

Are the weights of DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B publicly available?

Yes. DeepSeek publishes the weights.

When was DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B released?

Its release date is not established. Signal Forge first recorded it on 7 Oct 2026.