Deepseek's budget model V4 Flash gets a major boost with the "0731" update, jumping ten points to 50 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. That puts it just one point behind OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna, at roughly 60 percent lower cost per task.

DeepSeek has put the formal version of its V4-Flash API into public beta, with an upgrade focused on agent tasks. The company says the model scored 82.7

DeepSeek launches beta for V4 models amid AI price war. Anthropic's model leads at 93% YES for best AI by August 2026.