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Volcano Engine Ark · major

Volcengine Ark Updates Quickstart Code with Responses API and New Model ID

Volcengine Ark's quickstart code examples are fully updated to use the date-suffixed model ID 'doubao-seed-2-1-pro-260628' and introduce the Responses API endpoint (/api/v3/responses). The code also includes a parameter to manually disable deep thinking (thinking=disabled), indicating the platform is adopting the new API paradigm.

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Volcano Engine Ark Adjusts DeepSeek V4 Series Model Pricing, Effective August 28

Volcano Engine Ark announced pricing adjustments for both DeepSeek V4 series models effective August 28, 2026. For deepseek-v4-flash, online inference input rises from 1 to 3 CNY/million tokens (+200%), output from 2 to 9 CNY (+350%), while cache hit drops from 0.2 to 0.1 CNY (-50%). For deepseek-v4-pro, input decreases from 12 to 9 CNY (-25%), output rises slightly from 24 to 27 CNY (+12.5%), and cache hit drops sharply from 1 to 0.3 CNY (-70%). The restructuring eliminates Flash as a low-cost entry point while incentivizing prompt optimization through aggressive cache pricing on Pro.

Volcano Engine Ark · major

Volcengine Ark Adds Vision Positioning, 3D Gen, MCP, and GUI Agent to Advanced Features

Volcengine Ark's 'Advanced Usage' section added multiple cutting-edge capability entries: Vision Positioning (returning target coordinates), 3D Generation (high-precision 3D assets), Cloud-deployed MCP (calling vertical domain tools), and GUI Agent (automating tasks in real GUI environments). These updates significantly expand the platform's capabilities in multimodal understanding, 3D asset generation, and agent automation.

Volcano Engine Ark · major

Volcano Engine Ark Updates Default Model to doubao-seed-2-1-pro in Quickstart

Volcano Engine Ark updates the default model in its quickstart code examples to doubao-seed-2-1-pro-260628 across five programming languages. This indicates the model has entered stable production and may become the flagship model for the Doubao series on the API platform, directly influencing new users' model selection.

Volcano Engine Ark · major

Volcano Engine Ark Launches Standard Pricing for doubao-seed-evolving Inference

Volcano Engine Ark introduces standard online inference pricing for the doubao-seed-evolving LLM, with input at 6.00 RMB/million tokens and output at 30.00 RMB/million tokens, supporting 1024K context. Positioned for the high-end long-context market, it competes with Gemini and GPT. Document footers confirm the pricing update took effect on August 24, 2026.

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