DeepSeek releases DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 and opens Search and Fetch APIs
突发！DeepSeek新模型发布，超级性价比斩杀一切
What happened
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 across its website, app, and API, with reported improvements in coding and agent benchmarks alongside shorter task runtimes and outputs. According to the report, training specifically optimized the model for DeepSeek Harness, which requires version 0.2.1-rc.1 or later to fully use the improvements. DeepSeek also opened Search and Fetch APIs for finding webpages and retrieving their content as Markdown, priced at 5 yuan per 1,000 successful requests and temporarily free until November 1.
Why it matters
The reported reduction in task runtime and output length alongside improved benchmark results offers a concrete comparison with the previous version for developers assessing agent operating costs.
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