DeepSeek Launches Two-Day Limited Beta for V4.1 Flash — New Architecture Natively Integrates Multimodal Capabilities
A short, two-day beta window signals a fast-iterating, not-yet-stable release.
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A Sep 12 technical deep dive details the design behind those claims: a 763B-parameter causal encoder-decoder split (8B encoder, 16B decoder) with native vision support.
DeepSeek opened a two-day limited beta for V4.1-Flash on Sep 8, built on a new natively multimodal architecture. Two days later DeepSeek claimed the redesign cuts agentic-task costs by 80%.
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A short, two-day beta window signals a fast-iterating, not-yet-stable release.
First cost claim: an unverified 80% cut to agentic task costs.
AINews' technical read: a novel causal encoder-decoder split disaggregating prefill from decode.
A short, two-day beta window signals a fast-iterating, not-yet-stable release.
First cost claim: an unverified 80% cut to agentic task costs.
AINews' technical read: a novel causal encoder-decoder split disaggregating prefill from decode.
What to watch — open questions
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