DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

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Latest open artifacts (#25): DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, American-made models, and new regulatory controls in the US & China Interconnects · 5 hours ago · 38

[AINews] not much happened today Latent Space · 16 hours ago · 20

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Q4 2026

DeepSeek released its V4-Pro and V4-Flash models to general availability, offering much lower token pricing than several major closed models Model release

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DeepSeek develops this model · 1 source

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China regulated by this model · 1 source

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