Next Deep Seek model release will be when Chinese open-weight models catch up to American frontier models.

Next Deep Seek model release will be when Chinese open-weight models catch up to American frontier models. | the rumor going around is that the next version of the Deep Seek model, the the the big whalefall moment is going to happen sometime soon when finally the Chinese openweight models finally catch up with the American closed prototypically frontier models.

the rumor going around is that the next version of the Deep Seek model, the the the big whalefall moment is going to happen sometime soon when finally the Chinese openweight models finally catch up with the American closed prototypically frontier models.

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