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AI Daily · October 18, 2026 · Sunday
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Issue 1018October 2026Sunday
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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while cutting per-task costs
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, an updated Flash model with gains in agentic and coding tasks.
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