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“DeepSeek v3.1 Is Not Having a Moment” by Zvi


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What if DeepSeek released a model claiming 66 on SWE and almost no one tried using it? Would it be any good? Would you be able to tell? Or would we get the shortest post of the year?

Why We Haven’t Seen v4 or r2

Why are we settling for v3.1 and have yet to see DeepSeek release v4 or r2 yet?
Eleanor Olcott and Zijing Wu: Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek delayed the release of its new model after failing to train it using Huawei's chips, highlighting the limits of Beijing's push to replace US technology.
DeepSeek was encouraged by authorities to adopt Huawei's Ascend processor rather than use Nvidia's systems after releasing its R1 model in January, according to three people familiar with the matter.
But the Chinese start-up encountered persistent technical issues during its R2 training process using Ascend chips, prompting it to use Nvidia chips [...]

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Outline:

(00:24) Why We Haven't Seen v4 or r2

(01:49) Introducing DeepSeek v3.1

(04:34) Signs of Life

(06:57) How Should We Update?

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First published:

August 22nd, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gBnfwLqxcF4zyBE2J/deepseek-v3-1-is-not-having-a-moment

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