Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1)

Omar Al-Janabi; Osamah Mohammed Alyasiri; Elaf Ayyed Jebur; Shahad Mohgoob Nafl

doi:10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

Research article Open Access EN pp. 14–20 · 30 Jun 2024

Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1)

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DOI 10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62 IJDS-TRK-2026-62 2 views 0 downloads

Abstract

The increasing complexity of how humans interact with and process information has demonstrated significant advancements in Natural Language Processing (NLP), transitioning from task-specific architectures to generalized frameworks applicable across multiple tasks. Despite their success, challenges persist in specialized domains such as translation, where instruction tuning may prioritize fluency over accuracy. Against this backdrop, the present study conducts a comparative evaluation of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1) on a high-fidelity bilingual retrieval-and-translation task. A single standardize prompt directs each model to access the Arabic-language news section of the College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, retrieve the three most recent articles, and translate them into English. ChatGPT-Plus fulfilled the prompt successfully, extracting authentic Arabic content and delivering fluent, semantically accurate English translations. DeepSeek (R1), by contrast, failed to retrieve the requested articles and instead produced only generic procedural advice – evidence of its lack of real-time web access and a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) mechanism.

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Computer science Task (project management) Natural language processing Fluency Arabic Fidelity Artificial intelligence Information retrieval Cross-language information retrieval Process (computing) Machine translation World Wide Web Linguistics Programming language

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Omar Al-Janabi, Osamah Mohammed Alyasiri, Elaf Ayyed Jebur and Shahad Mohgoob Nafl. 2024. Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1). InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science 2, 2 (2024), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

Al-Janabi, O.; Alyasiri, O. M.; Jebur, E. A. ; Nafl, S. M.. Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1). InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science 2024, 2 (2), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

Al-Janabi, O., Alyasiri, O. M., Jebur, E. A. & Nafl, S. M. (2024). Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1). InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science, 2(2), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

AL-JANABI, Omar; ALYASIRI, Osamah Mohammed; JEBUR, Elaf Ayyed ; NAFL, Shahad Mohgoob. Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1). InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science, v. 2, n. 2, p. 14–20, 2024. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

Al-Janabi, Omar, Alyasiri, Osamah Mohammed, Jebur, Elaf Ayyed and Nafl, Shahad Mohgoob. 2024. "Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1)." InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science 2 (2): 14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

Al-Janabi, O., Alyasiri, O. M., Jebur, E. A. and Nafl, S. M. (2024) 'Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1)', InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science, 2(2), pp. 14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

O. Al-Janabi, O. M. Alyasiri, E. A. Jebur and S. M. Nafl, "Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1)," InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 14–20, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62.

Al-Janabi, Omar, Alyasiri, Osamah Mohammed, Jebur, Elaf Ayyed and Nafl, Shahad Mohgoob. "Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1)." InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science, vol. 2, no. 2, 2024, pp. 14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

Omar Al-Janabi, Osamah Mohammed Alyasiri, Elaf Ayyed Jebur and Shahad Mohgoob Nafl. "Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1)." InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science 2, no. 2 (2024): 14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62

Al-Janabi O, Alyasiri OM, Jebur EA , Nafl SM. Evaluating AI Language Models in News Retrieval: A Comparative Study Of ChatGPT-Plus and DeepSeek (R1). InfoTech Spectrum: Iraqi Journal of Data Science. 2024;2(2):14–20. https://doi.org/10.51173/ijds.v2i2.62