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Last verified: October 8, 2026 Yes, you can use DeepSeek through AWS or Azure, but the details matter. AWS and Azure do not always expose the same DeepSeek model names, pricing model, API surface, deployment type, region, or security controls…

Last reviewed: October 9, 2026 DeepSeek Vision is best understood as DeepSeek’s current image-input capability in the API, served through deepseek-flash, also known as DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash. It lets you send images with text prompts so the model can describe pictures, read…

Last verified: October 8, 2026 If DeepSeek is not working, do not assume the whole service is down. DeepSeek can fail for several different reasons: an official outage, temporary overload, a login or account problem, a browser issue, a mobile…

Last verified: October 8, 2026 DeepSeek is not generally banned for private users in the United States. As of this review, the official DeepSeek app remains listed in the U.S. Apple App Store and Google Play, and DeepSeek’s official website…

Last verified: October 7, 2026 Yes, you can run DeepSeek locally on Windows and Mac with Ollama. For most people, the practical starting point is the Ollama deepseek-r1 model family, not DeepSeek’s hosted API model names. The simplest command is:…

Last verified: October 7, 2026 DeepSeek Harness is DeepSeek’s open-source agent harness for running AI agent workflows over files, code, tools, sessions, workspaces, and plugins. It is not a DeepSeek model, not the same thing as the DeepSeek API, and…

Last verified: October 4, 2026 DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company and platform best known for building large language models, a consumer AI assistant, developer APIs, and open-weight model releases. People use the name “DeepSeek” in different ways: sometimes they…

Last verified: October 9, 2026 Is DeepSeek free? The practical answer is: the official DeepSeek app is listed as free on major app stores, but the DeepSeek API is paid. Some DeepSeek model weights are also available under permissive licenses,…