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DeepSeek V4 Flash is positioned as a fast, lower-cost open-weight AI model for developers who need long-context reasoning without paying frontier-model. The model is described as a Mixture-of-Experts system with 284 billion total.
September’s watch frame: Daybreak keys passed, early drops landed, and Astra moved from Critical designation into a staged Daybreak-first rollout (3 September). Gemini 4 and Apple Intelligence in China remain open threads.
Anthropic on Thursday released Claude Opus 5, a new AI model designed to deliver performance close to its most powerful model, Fable 5, on many tasks. The Opus 5 launch illustrates how the economics of large language model deployment are.
DeepSeek, Qwen, and GLM-class APIs often price an order of magnitude below Claude Opus, GPT-5.6 Sol, and peers. The useful question is which tier matches the job you intend — and how close the outcome gets without paying for unused ceiling.
DeepSeek's next flagship model, DeepSeek V4, appears to be on track for an official launch on August 3, 2026, according to multiple converging signals. The competitive landscape DeepSeek V4 enters is markedly different from the one.