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Sunday, October 18, 2026 - 5 Minute AI News
DeepSeek releases a new open-weight model and search API, Meta updates web scraping terms, Apple bans AI deepfake generators, Anthropic solves a cryptography mystery, and Microsoft details MAI-Base-2.
DeepSeek Releases V4.1-Flash-1017 Model and Search API — DeepSeek launched an open-weight model update delivering faster task completion and higher benchmark scores. The company also opened its internal search engine to developers via new APIs.
Meta Removes Web Scraping Language From Commercial Terms — Following public criticism, Meta updated its terms to remove language about…
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