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Skills2026-08-03 · source-backed
VulcanBench Suite 3 found DeepSeek V4-Flash drops from 91% at medium effort to 87% at high, and Grok 4.5 is flat between medium and high while costing 2x. Run your own eval at two effort levels before defaulting to maximum. You may be paying double for worse decisions.
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Kimi K3 competes with DeepSeek V4 / Shared entities / Same source / Shared topic
Linked by a graph relationship (Kimi K3 competes with DeepSeek V4); both cover DeepSeek V4, Flash, Grok, Test; cite the same source (VulcanBench Suite 3).
DeepSeek V4 uses Huawei / Shared entity: Flash / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (DeepSeek V4 uses Huawei); both cover Flash; overlapping topics (deepseek, drop).
DeepSeek V4 uses Huawei / Shared entity: Flash / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (DeepSeek V4 uses Huawei); both cover Flash; earlier Flash coverage from 2026-04-26.
DeepSeek released DeepSeek V4 / Shared entities / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (DeepSeek released DeepSeek V4); both cover DeepSeek V4, Flash; earlier DeepSeek V4 coverage from 2026-06-15.
Grok uses Rust / Shared entity: Test / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Grok uses Rust); both cover Test; earlier Test coverage from 2026-05-01.
Kimi K3 competes with DeepSeek V4 / Shared topic
Linked by a graph relationship (Kimi K3 competes with DeepSeek V4); overlapping topics (between, deepseek).
GPT competes with Grok / Shared entity: Grok / Shared topic / Earlier coverage / Tension
Linked by a graph relationship (GPT competes with Grok); both cover Grok; overlapping topics (decision, eval, grok).
Boko Haram uses Grok / Shared entity: Grok / Earlier coverage
Linked by a graph relationship (Boko Haram uses Grok); both cover Grok; earlier Grok coverage from 2026-07-12.