Safety Evaluation of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017 Agentic Risks
October 25, 2026
An independent assessment of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017 evaluates loss of control and harmful manipulation risks across 34 benchmarks. The study focuses on the model's new architecture and increased agentic capabilities in alignment with the EU General-Purpose AI Code of Practice.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou should account for potential loss of control risks when deploying this model in autonomous agent workflows.
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policyThese findings provide third-party safety benchmarks for open-weight agentic models.