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DeepSeek releases cheaper new AI model as China's price war intensifies
DeepSeek released a discounted AI model, V4-Flash, with reduced token costs and paused dynamic pricing to compete in China’s intensifying tech price war. The model trails Moonshot’s Kimi K3, while Beijing warns against 'involution' but subsidizes industry compute and energy costs, potentially fueling the competition.
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