Is DeepSeek's rumored K3 a scaled-down model, or something bigger? X users debate
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-11
X users are speculating about DeepSeek's rumored next model, informally dubbed K3. One theory suggests it's a scaled-down model built on pre-V3.2 pretraining with dense MLA at every layer; teortaxesTex pushes back, arguing that if it were simply a smaller variant, DeepSeek would have just named it "K3-Flash" and everyone would be happy — implying the naming choice hints at something else. Unconfirmed rumor-level discussion; official details pending.
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