DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017 update targets agent and coding benchmarks
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DeepSeek's V4.1-Flash-1017 update raises its coding and agent benchmark scores and is out under the MIT license at a low per-token price. It's available on DeepSeek's app, API and Hugging Face.
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