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id: "deepseek-deepseek-r1-incentivizing-reasoning-via-rl"
title: "DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning via RL (arXiv 2501.12948)"
creator: "DeepSeek"
creator_url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12948"
url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12948"
level: "expert"
level_max: null
category: "model-training"
subcategory: "post-training-rl"
region: "CN"
license: "closed"
license_scope: "linked-resource"
models: ["any"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
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# DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning via RL (arXiv 2501.12948)

by [DeepSeek](https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12948)

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Study the reported reinforcement-learning recipe behind DeepSeek-R1.

DeepSeek describes how reinforcement learning can develop reasoning behavior and how the resulting models are further refined. Treat the paper as a research account with specific experiments, not a guarantee that its results transfer to another training setup.

Level: [Expert](/levels/index.md#expert)
Models: any
Category: [Model Training](/model-training/index.md)
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Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok
Prerequisites: Acts on model-training, infrastructure or research tooling; requires training-stack expertise.
Subcategory: [post training rl](/model-training/post-training-rl/index.md)
Region: CN
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

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