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DeepSeek V4 released: Chinese model rivals GPT-5.5, Claude, Gemini at 85% lower cost

DeepSeek has launched V4 preview, a 1.6T MoE model with 1M context length at drastically lower costs. It challenges frontier models in reasoning and coding while being open-sourced. This accelerates the US-China AI race with superior efficiency.

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Delivers GPT-4 level performance at 85% lower cost, intensifying global competition and democratizing advanced AI.

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