DEEPSEEK CHALLENGES ANTHROPIC WITH NEW AI MODEL DeepSeek has unveiled an experimental multimodal AI model capable of analyzing images, screenshots and text while performing autonomous tasks. Called DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, the model reportedly approaches Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 in multimodal agent performance while retaining DeepSeek’s latest text, reasoning and agent capabilities. The release highlights intensifying U.S.-China AI competition, with Chinese developers increasingly offering advanced models at lower costs.(*Walter Bloomberg)