DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 tops open-weight Cyber Index
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DeepSeek's October 17 update to V4.1 Flash raised its Terminal-Bench 4.0 score from 31.2 to 42.3 and DeepSWE v1.1 from 74.2 to 77.0, at roughly $0.20 per task. Artificial Analysis ranks it #1 among openly-available models on its Cyber Index, though independent runs scored Terminal-Bench lower (34 and 31.82).
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