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Open source · 24 October 2026

Deepseek releases 4.1 Flash 1017 model, cuts cost-per-task for agentic workloads

Deepseek 4.1 Flash 1017 reduces cost-per-task and is an open‑weight model aimed at agentic workloads; Frontier models remain more capable but cost a premium.

Benchmarks are the company's own; not independently verified.

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Benchmark Deepseek 4.1 Flash 1017 for low‑cost agentic tasks; users may expect cheaper assistants.

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