You're misreading. The article is referring to V3 when it cites the base model behind R1. It does not say R1 is the base model.
This is in the Businessweek story
The article specifically says "it's likely this sum referred only to the final training run—a data-refinement process that transforms a model’s previous prototypes into a complete product—but many people perceived it as…
You're misreading. The article is referring to V3 when it cites the base model behind R1. It does not say R1 is the base model.
This is in the Businessweek story
The article specifically says "it's likely this sum referred only to the final training run—a data-refinement process that transforms a model’s previous prototypes into a complete product—but many people perceived it as…