DeepSeek V4-Flash Tops Global Token Usage: 7.1 Trillion Tokens Weekly, 9 of Top 10 Models Now Chinese
DeepSeek's V4-Flash at $0.14/M input and $0.28/M output tokens topped global token usage at 7.1 trillion tokens weekly. A research firm found it over 100x cheaper to run than Claude Fable 5, with nine of the top ten models now Chinese.
DeepSeek Releases V4-Flash With Stronger Agent Capabilities and Lower Costs
DeepSeek officially released V4-Flash with enhanced autonomous agent capabilities and reduced API costs, sustaining China's aggressive frontier pace in the AI price war. The model targets agentic workloads at significantly lower prices than US competitors.
Thinking Machines Releases Inkling-Small: 276B Open-Weight Model Beats Its 975B Sibling
Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling-Small, a 276B-parameter open-weight model with 12B active parameters that outperforms its 975B sibling on agentic coding. The model achieves 80.2% on SWE-Bench Verified and runs on consumer hardware.
Amazon Scales Back Nova AI Models as Premier Nears End of Life
Amazon is winding down its Nova AI model line, with Premier approaching end of life and no new model releases planned. The retreat marks a rare step back for Amazon in the AI race, as the company pivots to Bedrock platform strategy.
Google I/O 2026: Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Spark 24/7 Agent, and Omni Video Model Reshape AI Landscape
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash with frontier agentic performance, introduced Gemini Spark as a persistent personal AI assistant, and unveiled Omni Flash for video generation at I/O 2026.