DeepSeek V4: a cheaper, larger LLM that narrows the gap with frontier models
Chinese lab DeepSeek has released preview details for DeepSeek V4, a major update the company says brings its models much closer to so-called frontier systems. The announcement introduces two variants — V4 Flash and V4 Pro — and highlights big increases in scale, a 1 million-token context window, and aggressive pricing that positions the models as lower-cost alternatives to high-end proprietary offerings. While DeepSeek touts strong reasoning and coding results,…