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DeepSeek V4 introduces utility-style AI pricing in shift beyond China's LLM price war

DeepSeek will launch the official version of its V4 large language model (LLM) in mid-July alongside peak and off-peak API ...

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.

DeepSeek V4 DeepSpec Signals a New Era for Open-Source AI, Boosting AI Efficiency By 85%

Explore how DeepSeek V4 DeepSpec and Zepu AI's GLM 5.5 are closing the gap with frontier models like Claude Mythos in 2026.
Tech Times

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

DeepSeek speculative decoding framework DSpark went live June 27 on V4-Flash and V4-Pro, reporting up to 85 percent faster ...
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 ...
Entrepreneur

Meta is Reportedly Creating a New AI Wearable. Here’s What It Can Do.

Meta is reportedly developing an AI-powered pendant, according to an internal memo seen by The Information. In 2025, Meta acquired Limitless, a startup whose Pendant device clipped to a user’s shirt ...
Houston Chronicle

Will shorter STAAR tests help students? | Opinion

Regarding “Texas' STAAR test overhaul coming in 2027. Here's the latest.” (April 27): The approved changes to the STAAR from a single test to three shorter assessments per subject will only compound ...
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 ...
Reading Eagle

Modernize standardized testing for public cyber charter students [opinion]

For thousands of Pennsylvania families, state standardized testing doesn’t just measure what students know, it exposes a system that is working against them. Students enrolled in Pennsylvania’s 14 ...