According to market news, the official version of DeepSeek V4 is expected to be released as soon as tomorrow. Currently, some individuals have already gained early access to the gray testing of DeepSeek V4 (GA). There are two versions in total: DeepSeek V4 Flash and DeepSeek V4 Pro. Blogger AiBattle provided a 'verification mantra': look at the first-person perspective of the thought chain (CoT). If the model's thought process starts with 'I'm' or 'I'll', rather than the older version's 'Let me', it indicates a significant upgrade. Its performance is close to Opus 4.8, with encoding nearly matching GPT-5.6Sol, but at a lower price. The API introduces peak and off-peak billing, with peak prices doubling and cache hit rates being extremely low. While performance may not be the absolute best, the pricing remains aggressive, bringing Opus-level capabilities down to one-seventh the cost. (Source: New Intelligence)
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