DeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash-1017, an update it says offers "stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion, and shorter outputs" than its predecessor (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
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Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : DeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash-1017, an update it says offers “stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion, and shorter outputs” than its predecessor — DeepSeek released an update of its AI model this weekend that it says is faster and leaner, ramping …
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