DeepSeek's 'unfathomable reputation' praised as fans wait for its next model
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-26
AI commentator teortaxesTex highlights Chinese X users' rare consensus praising DeepSeek for its "unfathomable reputation" — no overtime, never chasing the market — with some saying they'd intern unpaid for a year just to work there. He speculates the next DeepSeek "Whale" may not land until year-end, that late-stage training likely leans on Ascend chips for RL rollouts, and that a 4.1 Pro could arrive sooner.
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