DeepSeek flash 4.1 breaks tradition: no base model released this time
_arohan_ · x · 2026-09-14
arohan notes that with the DeepSeek flash 4.1 release, the company did not release its base model as it usually does — only the instruct/user-facing version. A break from DeepSeek's consistent open-source pattern worth watching.
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