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deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017

deepseek-ai published the model DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on Hugging Face.

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Key points

  • dealignai published the model DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017-UNCENSORED-FP8 on Hugging Face.
  • Deepseek has released V4.1-Flash-1017 as an open-weight model that posts better benchmarks, finishes tasks faster, and produces shorter outputs than its predecessor.
  • DeepSeek has just released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, a new checkpoint of its V4.1-Flash model.
  • DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 arrives a little over five weeks after the company launched the original V4.1-Flash as the smallest model in a new architecture family.

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Hype check

Independently evaluated4 independent looks since

  1. Evaluation · Oct 17, 2026Moss image sft (8 steps turbo lora test)
  2. Evaluation · Oct 17, 2026[AINews] High Taste Testers Ep. 1
  3. Evaluation · Oct 17, 2026T2i Moss vs. Flux3 Klein vs. Krea2
  4. Evaluation · Oct 17, 2026Qwen Flash Next quant and temp comparison - performance vs task time vs quality
  5. Follow-up · Oct 17, 2026Salience
  6. Follow-up · Oct 17, 2026What do you guys use for chat interface?

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