deepseek-v4.1POST

User calls V4.1 Flash the open-source stand-in for Opus 5

The post frames DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 as an open-source version of Opus 5 and predicts an Opus 5.5-level open model runnable locally on a Mac Studio within months.

Tim Jayas

@TimJayasArchived 11 days agoOriginally posted 2026.10.18

Tim Jayas @TimJayasOriginally posted 2026.10.18

Open original on X

imagine running opus 5.5 locally for free forever on your mac studio chinese ai labs are the only reason we get so many frontier level opensource model in just few months we’ll have an opensource version of opus 5.5 just like how deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017 is the opensource version of opus 5 the future is opensource

x.com/timjayas/status/2111542852480299267Archived 2026.10.18 16:29