DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models

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DeepSeek has launched its V4 AI models, offering high-performance, cost-effective alternatives to leading frontier AI models.

Summary

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has introduced two versions of its DeepSeek V4 model, Flash and Pro, featuring 1 million token context windows and mixture-of-experts architecture. The V4 Pro, with 1.6 trillion parameters, significantly outperforms previous versions and rivals many top-tier models in reasoning and coding benchmarks. While the company admits a slight lag behind the absolute latest frontier models in general knowledge, DeepSeek emphasizes superior affordability and efficiency compared to competitors like OpenAI and Google.

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