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DeepSeek Just Dropped a Faster, Cheaper AI Model: What V4.1-Flash-1017 Offers

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TLDR DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash-1017, an AI model it says is faster and leaner. The model is live on DeepSeek’s website, mobile app and developer platform. It scored 77.0 on DeepSWE v1.1, up from 74.2 for the earlier version. DeepSeek opened its Search and Fetch APIs to all users at $0.75 per 1,000 calls. The release follows a five-hour outage earlier this week. DeepSeek released an updated version of its AI model on Saturday. The Chinese company says the new version is faster and leaner. 🚨JUST IN: China's DeepSeek releases V4.1-Flash-1017, claiming FASTER performance and improved reasoning, coding, and AI agent capabilities.

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