Everyone's Building a Gemini: DeepSeek and GLM Flash Models Signal a Trend
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-25
Observers note Chinese labs converging on lightweight "Flash" model lineups: DeepSeek 4.1 Flash and GLM 5.3 Flash both launched, with DeepSeek signaling a full Flash-Pro-Ultra family (speculated at 522B-2T-8T). Possible explanations: flash models finally crossed the capability ceiling, or faster/cheaper tokens yield better RL results per joule. OpenAI dropping Terra from its lineup may reflect the same shift.
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