DeepSeek 4.1 Flash vs GPT-6 Astra.

Which one wins ?

YouArtSep 111

Bessent says Chinese AI will fail because China “won’t turn over enough control.”

He seems to have forgotten that many of China’s leading models are open-weight and used around the world — including by Americans. DeepSeek. Qwen. GLM. MiniMax. China is not telling American

𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦Sep 1130

Astra is live. $10 in, $50 out per million tokens.

GPT-5.6 Sol, the flagship it replaces: $4/$20. 2.5x the old flagship price. The ceiling moved. The floor didn't: Mistral Large 3 at $0.50/$1.50, DeepSeek V4 Pro at $1.32/$3.96, open weights, public list. Somewhere in your

Good EnoughSep 111

I'm really impressed by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash result here.

Here is the entire real-time procedurally generated ocean through day-night cycle. From Noon -> Dusk -> Moon night. See quoted post for more details.

AJSep 118