Fireworks runs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash at 1,521 tok/s; joke goes viral about AI 'hacking' legacy backends

cem2ran · x · 2026-10-24

Fireworks AI claims DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 hits 1,521+ tok/s on its Ultrafast tier — 7x faster than Claude Opus 5.5 — demonstrated by shipping Tetris in 11 seconds. A viral quote-joke follows: at 1,500 tok/s, good luck patching your legacy 2008 backend against an AI 'hacking' it.

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