Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while once again massively cutting per-task costs
Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while once again massively cutting per-task costs
Deepseek has released V4.1-Flash-1017 as an open-weight model that posts better benchmarks, finishes tasks faster, and produces shorter outputs than its predecessor. The company is also opening up its internal search engine through new Search and Fetch APIs at $0.75 per 1,000 calls. API users in tools like Claude Code and Codex get free access for now.
Selection record
AdmittedSum of both 164 ≥ twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：Deepseek发布新AI模型及搜索API
- Why it was chosen
- DeepSeek's new Flash beats larger models on its own benchmarks at a lower per-task cost, and opens its in-house search engine as an API.
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Source: The Decoder · the-decoder.com