China's DeepSeek Releases V3.1, Boosting AI Model's Capabilities
The V3.1 has a longer context window, according to a DeepSeek post to its official WeChat group, meaning it can consider a larger amount of information for any given query. That could allow it to maintain longer conversations with better recall, for example. The Hangzhou-based startup didn't offer much more detail on the update and hasn't posted documentation to major platforms including Hugging Face.
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