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DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 vs Muse Spark Open: which delivered after 7 days?
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is stamped Partly; Muse Spark Open is still Too early to call, so this comparison isn't settled yet.
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 | Muse Spark Open | |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Partly | Too early |
| Claims held | 2 | 0 |
| Claims mixed | 2 | 1 |
| Claims failed | 0 | 0 |
| Claims unclear | 0 | 3 |
| User reports | 12 | 6 |
| Launched | 17 Oct 2026 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Last stamped | 25 Oct 2026 | 25 Oct 2026 |
No. 008 · DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017
It is live and MIT-licensed as promised, but users split on whether it finishes faster and codes better; some see shorter runs, others overthinking.
- Launched
- 17 Oct 2026
- Stamped
- 25 Oct 2026
- Claims
- ✓2 held · ~2 mixed · ✗0 failed · ?0 unclear
- Reports
- 12 (4 praise · 4 problem · 4 mixed)
What they claimed
“Now live on our website, app, and API.”✓ Holds
“Stronger benchmark performance, faster task completion, and shorter outputs than the previous version”~ Mixed
“DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 uses reinforcement learning with self-feedback to improve end-to-end project development”~ Mixed
“This repository and the model weights are licensed under the MIT License.”✓ Holds
No. 007 · Meta
Muse Spark Open
Ten days in, nobody independent has run the two-Mac-Studio setup, and Apple still lists the 512GB M5 Ultra as coming in late October.
- Launched
- 15 Oct 2026
- Stamped
- 25 Oct 2026
- Claims
- ✓0 held · ~1 mixed · ✗0 failed · ?3 unclear
- Reports
- 6 (2 praise · 3 problem · 1 mixed)
What they claimed
“Muse Spark Open is the first model in its class to run on your desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX framework.”~ Mixed
“Muse Spark Open is available today through API platforms at Baseten, Fireworks AI, Groq, Modal, Nebius, OpenRouter and Together AI.”? Unclear
“We’re releasing the weights under the Muse Model License with limited commercial terms, which allow many developers to use the model for free.”? Unclear
“Muse Spark Open is a natively multimodal model with 816B total parameters (42B active) and a 1M-token context window.”? Unclear
Both stamps come from the public user reports linked on each receipt, under the same method. Verdicts are opinion and are never paid for.
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