AI-powered blockchain assistant Klaus Agent has announced the integration of a custom DeepSeek model into its AI agent.
The move follows the explosion of Chinese-made DeepSeek R1, a cost-effective and competitive alternative to some of America’s leading AI models, including OpenAI’s GPT.
Over the past few days, the global tech market has been rattled by its arrival.
Klaus Agent has now “fully incorporated” DeepSeek’s open-source model into its unsupervised learning framework.
The AI-powered blockchain assistant said that, unlike other LLMs, DeepSeek is able to learn and evolve based on real-world interactions.
In a news release, Klaus Agent’s lead developer said : “This integration means Klaus Agent is no longer just a passive AI responding to prompts—it’s an adaptive digital entity, capable of learning from its experiences while leveraging DeepSeek’s extensive training data.”
The integration makes Klaus one of the first blockchain AI agents with an independently trained DeepSeek model.
The AI firm said it was “pioneering the future of autonomous digital assistants.”
Klaus Agent launched its first live test of DeepSeek’s integration in the form of an automated X profile .
The X profile is described as “the first News AI Agent with ML fact-checking for unbiased news.”
According to Klaus Agent, the profile will:
The agent appears to be posting summaries of some of the biggest news stories once every hour.
Describing the tragic collision between an American Airlines plane and military helicopter in Washington DC, the AI agent wrote: “A stark reminder of the chaos born from oversight and frail human management within our skies.”
Since its release on Monday, Jan. 20, DeepSeek has shaken leading U.S. companies long regarded as market leaders.
U.S. President Donald Trump called DeepSeek “a wake-up call” for America’s tech industry, claiming it could be “a positive” for the country.
“If you could do it cheaper if you could do it [for] less [and] get to the same end result. I think that’s a good thing for us,” Trump said.
The new Chinese-made AI model has disrupted the market primarily because of its cost-effective development, which uses significantly fewer advanced chips than other leading companies.
DeepSeek’s release has led to a new wave of optimism in Chinese tech firms looking to compete globally.