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DeepSeek V4-Pro Goes Live and Runs OpenAI's Own Coding Agent 8x Cheaper (AlphaSignal)

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DeepSeek-V4-Pro exits four months of preview with agent-focused upgrades, configurable reasoning modes, and native Responses API support for Codex workflows. The headline claims it runs OpenAI's own coding agent at one eighth the cost.

In plain words

  • DeepSeek-V4-Pro became fully available after four months of preview testing.
  • Users can choose how much step-by-step thinking the system applies to a task.
  • It works with Codex through OpenAI's Responses application programming interface, a standard way software services exchange requests.
  • The headline says teams can run OpenAI's coding system for one eighth of the usual cost.

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