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DeepSeek’s latest model underwhelms

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On April 24, DeepSeek finally shipped its latest model – V4. 

Expectations were sky-high after its previous models – V3 and R1 – stunned the market and narrowed the gap with frontier US models.

Record scratch: Despite the hype, the new model landed flat.

It clearly lags behind leading US models, ...