Latent Space Recaps DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Mercury Model Releases
[AINews] not much happened today
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Latent Space’s AINews recap covers DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, MiniMax M3.1 Flash, and Mercury 3, while noting they are not yet expected to see very wide use. It reports that DeepSeek’s model has a 1M-token context window and scores 45 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, tying GLM-5.3 for second among open-weight models. The recap also includes benchmark results, pricing, availability, and caveats for the releases.
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