The Number
- DeepSeek prices its new Search and Fetch APIs at 5 yuan per 1,000 calls each, its first paid web-retrieval tier, per DeepSeek docs as of 2026-10-17.
- Qwen3.8-max runs 12 yuan per 1M input tokens and 36 yuan output on DashScope, with the Prime variant at 24/72, per Alibaba's pricing page as of 2026-10-17.
Top of the Fold
- DeepSeek updates deepseek-flash to the V4.1-Flash-1017 build across web, app and API, with weights on HuggingFace and ModelScope, a month after the first Flash release, per 智东西.
- DeepSeek folds its retired v4-flash names into the new 1017 model and bills legacy calls at the Flash price, keeping the API surface unchanged for developers, per DeepSeek docs.
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- DeepSeek ships a self-built search engine behind new Search and Fetch APIs, moving from a model vendor toward owning the retrieval layer, per DeepSeek docs.
- DeepSeek also puts the DeepSeek Harness into worldwide developer preview for agent-harness builders, a quieter release than the model refresh, per DeepSeek docs.
- Otherwise quiet across the Chinese community overnight.
The Kicker
- Apple's first foldable iPhone Duo sold out in roughly 1 minute at its 8pm China preorder, pushing official shipping to late January 2027 and a 2TB unit to a $5,000 eBay flip, per 极客公园.
