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DeepSeek Teases Vision Support in a Deleted Multimodal Post

A Reddit post in r/LocalLLaMA points to a deleted X post from DeepSeek team member Xiaokang Chen that appears to tease vision support, using the DeepSeek whale logo with an added eye. The signal is thin and unconfirmed, but it lines up with ongoing speculation that DeepSeek is moving V4 or a follow-on release toward native multimodal capabilities.

// ANALYSIS

Hot take: this reads more like a teaser than a launch, but it is still a meaningful signal because first-class multimodality has been a visible gap for DeepSeek versus the top closed models.

–The source is indirect: a Reddit post about a deleted X post, so confidence is limited.
–DeepSeek already has a track record in multimodal work, so a vision upgrade is plausible.
–If this becomes part of V4.1 or a dedicated vision branch, it could matter a lot for local and open-model users.

// TAGS

deepseekmultimodalvisionllmaiopen-sourcelocal-llm

DISCOVERED

4h ago

2026-04-29

PUBLISHED

4h ago

2026-04-29

RELEVANCE

7/ 10

AUTHOR

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