DeepSeek open sources DSpark, a new framework to speed up LLM inference by up to 85%

DSpark can make decoding faster, but acceptance quality still determines how much speed the system actually realizes.
TechNode

DeepSeek to launch V4 in mid-July with new peak-time API pricing

The DeepSeek team announced on Monday that the official release of DeepSeek V4 is scheduled for mid-July. According to the company, the new version builds on the existing preview release with further ...
techtimes

DeepSeek Releases DSpark: Speculative Decoding Makes V4 Up to 85 Percent Faster

In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek app is displayed on an iPhone screen on January 27, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. Newly launched Chinese AI app DeepSeek has surged to number one in Apple's ...
Tech Times

DeepSeek V4 Architecture: How Sparse Attention Cuts Inference Costs, What NIST Found

DeepSeek V4 architecture uses sparse attention to cut inference costs 73% at one-million-token contexts, but a NIST ...
heise online

Multiple plugins for JetBrains IDEs steal API keys for OpenAI, DeepSeek & Co.

Plugins have appeared on JetBrains' official marketplace that exfiltrate API keys for AI models. They do not contain typical malware that searches the computer for credentials but rather transmits a ...
The Next Web

DeepSeek made its 75% discount permanent. The AI price war just escalated.

DeepSeek permanently cut V4 Pro prices by 75%, to $0.87 per million output tokens. It undercuts GPT-5, Gemini, and Claude. DeepSeek has made permanent the 75% price discount on its flagship V4 Pro ...
Engadget

DeepSeek permanently reduces the price of its flagship V4 model by 75 percent

DeepSeek is leaning hard into being the "cost-effective" choice for AI agents. According to its website, the Chinese startup is dropping the price for its latest flagship model, DeepSeek V4 Pro, to a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

DeepSeek To Make Permanent 75% Discount on Flagship AI Model

DeepSeek said it will make permanent a steep discount on its flagship V4‑Pro model, maintaining prices for developers at a quarter of their original level. In a statement on its website, DeepSeek ...
Android

DeepSeek Makes Aggressive 75% Price Cut to Weaponize Western AI Rate Limit Anger

Initially, DeepSeek framed the discount as a short-term promotional campaign in April. However, given the user backlash against increasingly restrictive Western AI chatbots, the company has made the ...
The Next Web

DeepSeek cuts V4-Pro prices by 75% and slashes cache costs across its entire API to a tenth

The promotional discount runs until 5 May 2026. Even at full price, V4-Pro already undercuts GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, and Gemini 3.1 Pro on per-token costs. The move is a direct challenge to the ...
CNET

AI Arms Race Accelerates With New Models from OpenAI, DeepSeek and Anthropic

What you should know about the latest AI models, including DeepSeek's V4, OpenAI's GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7. Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets ...
Boston Herald

China’s DeepSeek rolls out a long-anticipated update of its AI model

HONG KONG (AP) — DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook world markets last year, launched preview versions of its latest major update Friday as the AI rivalry between China ...