DeepSeek has launched an intermediate beta for V4.1 Flash and published a tester feedback questionnaire. The firm says the build uses a new model architecture with native multimodal support, greater capability, faster performance and lower cost. The

2026-09-08

DeepSeek has launched an intermediate beta for V4.1 Flash and published a tester feedback questionnaire. The firm says the build uses a new model architecture with native multimodal support, greater capability, faster performance and lower cost. The questionnaire asks whether the V4.1 Flash intermediate build is sufficient to replace DeepSeek V4 Pro.