New US open-source model Beam falls short of DeepSeek Flash, dev says
bindureddy · x · 2026-10-06
Developer Bindu Reddy tested the new US open-source model Beam and found it worse than DeepSeek Flash, which he calls "unbelievably good" and the best option for simple tasks — concluding that China currently rules the small-model space.
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