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Together AI deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b model retirement

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Calls to the model deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b on Together AI stopped working on December 23, 2025.


What to use instead of deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b

Move to meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Reference, recommended by Together AI.

In Together AI's words

Removal date: 2025-12-23; Model: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B; Supported by on-demand dedicated endpoints: No

Together AI, Deprecations page

Facts

API
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Model
deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
Released
January 1, 2025 (models.dev)
Kind
Model retirement
Takes effect
December 23, 2025
Calls after that day
Fail
Source
Deprecations page
Last updated
Verified
, against Together AI's own pages

Questions

When does deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b shut down?

Calls to the model deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b on Together AI stopped working on December 23, 2025.

What happens to calls after December 23, 2025?

They have failed since December 23, 2025.

When was deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b released?

deepseek-ai/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b was released on January 1, 2025, according to models.dev.

How do I find the calls this hits in my code?

Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.


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