DeepSeek releases updated V4.1-Flash model it says completes tasks faster

Posted Sunday, October 18, 2026 6:34 pm

Duncan Riley (via SiliconANGLE)

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co. Ltd. has released an updated version of its V4.1-Flash model that it says completes tasks faster. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 arrives a little over five weeks after the company launched the original V4.1-Flash as the smallest model in a new architecture family. Its model card on […]

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