Pakistan, Aug. 3 -- Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched its new V4-Flash model, aiming to strengthen its position in the global artificial intelligence market. Research firm Artificial Analysis said the model is the cheapest among leading AI systems. Moreover, benchmark tests showed it costs far less to operate than competing models from major technology companies.

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According to Artificial Analysis, DeepSeek's V4-Flash charges $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens. A token is a unit used to measure AI processing. Furthermore, the firm estimated the model's average operating cost at just three cents per benchmark test. In comparison...