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09:57:50 [Liang Wenfeng Reportedly Speaks Internally; DeepSeek V4 to Launch in Late April] According to multiple sources speaking to media, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng recently revealed in internal communications that DeepSeek's next-generation flagship model, DeepSeek V4, will officially launch in late April. Recently, DeepSeek's web interface quietly introduced two interaction modes — "Quick Mode" and "Expert Mode" — supporting concise search and long-form, complex problem-solving, sparking industry speculation about the V4 model release. Related reports indicate that DeepSeek V4 will not only feature trillion-scale parameters and a million-token-class context window, but will also for the first time achieve deep optimization for domestic Chinese chips such as Huawei Ascend, marking a critical step in China's AI industry toward "de-CUDAification." Foreign media reports suggest that in anticipation of the V4 launch, domestic tech giants including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent have pre-ordered hundreds of thousands of next-generation AI chips, planning to offer DeepSeek's new model via cloud services and integrate it into their own AI products. As a result, prices of new AI chip products have risen approximately 20% recently. As of press time, DeepSeek has not responded to inquiries. (Sina Tech)