DeepSeek Just Updated—The Best Coding Model Yet?
AI Summary
Summary of the Video on DeepSeek V3 Update
- Overview of Update:
- Minor update to V3, labeled as one of the biggest updates yet.
- Demonstrates exceptional coding capabilities.
- Coding Demonstrations:
- Successfully created a complete modern landing page from a single prompt, generating around 20,000 tokens.
- Compared outputs from different models (Sonnet 3.7, O1) showing DeepSeek’s impressive performance.
- Another coded task requested an HTML script for a ball bouncing in a spinning tessellation; updates to code were successful and error-free.
- Reasoning Capabilities:
- Improved reasoning even in incorrect prompts, such as the trolley problem, by utilizing a specific prompting technique.
- Miscue in prompts like the modified Monty Hall problem and farmer’s paradox highlighted occasional limitations.
- Despite minor errors, DeepSeek shows better reasoning capabilities compared to its predecessor.
- Model Accessibility:
- Available on DeepSeek’s website. Speed of token generation has improved significantly.
- API and inference endpoint on Hugging Face are alternatives for testing, with capabilities to generate up to 231,000 tokens.
- Original version recommended for critical tasks, while OpenRouter provides a free API alternative.
- Conclusion:
- Anticipation for future upgrades (R2 and V4) based on current performance trends.
- Community feedback on performance is encouraged.