DeepSeek possibly trading tokens for Opus 5 to boost agent capabilities

teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-20

The author argues that DeepSeek's current distillation campaign is counterproductive for PR and effectiveness but might be useful for gathering data on how agents realistically use harnesses like DSH. They note that DeepSeek is cutting corners with DSH and express skepticism about whether trading tokens for Opus 5 will yield significant capability gains.

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