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Chronological change log

What changed,
when.

A timeline of verified model launches, normalized into comparable change signals. Each entry links to the radar brief and the first-party source.

07

October 2026

17 OctConfirmed
DeepSeek

Developer capability

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017

DeepSeek’s October refresh of its V4.1 Flash model for fast reasoning and coding workloads.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 17 Oct 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Developer capabilityAPI access
15 OctConfirmed
OpenAI

Capability expansion

GPT-Live-1.1

OpenAI’s updated real-time voice model for responsive spoken interaction.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 15 Oct 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party sourceVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
15 OctConfirmed
OpenAI

Capability expansion

GPT-Live-1.1 Quip

An expressive GPT-Live-1.1 variant for engaging real-time conversation.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 15 Oct 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party sourceVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
15 OctConfirmed
Mistral AI

Model launch

Timestral

Mistral’s model family for time-series forecasting and temporal reasoning.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 15 Oct 2026
ContextunknownAccesstrackedWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelUnclearWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Model launch
14 OctConfirmed
xAI

Capability expansion

Grok Voice 3.0

xAI’s third-generation voice model for real-time spoken interaction.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 14 Oct 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
07 OctConfirmed
Anthropic

Developer capability

Claude Haiku 5.5

Anthropic’s fastest small model for high-volume, cost-sensitive routing, summarization and subagent work.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 07 Oct 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$0CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party sourceVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Developer capabilitypricing visibleAPI access
06 OctConfirmed
Mistral AI

Capability expansion

Mistral Large 4

Mistral’s trillion-parameter, natively multimodal flagship preview for coding, agents and enterprise work.

ImpactMajor
LifecyclePreview
Since 06 Oct 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusPreviewChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
17

September 2026

30 SeptConfirmed
Cohere

Capability expansion

Embed 5

Cohere’s frontier embedding family with Pro and Fast variants sharing one multimodal, multilingual space.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 30 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
29 SeptConfirmed
OpenAI

Capability expansion

GPT-6.1 Sol

Near-Astra coding, computer-use and professional-work intelligence at one-fifth of Astra’s token price.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 29 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
28 SeptConfirmed
Anthropic

Capability expansion

Claude Sonnet 5.5

A faster, lower-cost Sonnet upgrade for everyday work, coding and polished document creation.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 28 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party sourceVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
22 SeptConfirmed
OpenAI

Capability expansion

GPT-6 Sol

OpenAI’s balanced GPT-6 tier for capable coding, computer use and professional work.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 22 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
22 SeptConfirmed
OpenAI

Capability expansion

GPT-6 Luna

OpenAI’s fastest and most economical GPT-6 tier for focused, high-volume workloads.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 22 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$0CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
22 SeptConfirmed
Anthropic

Model launch

Claude Opus 5.5

Anthropic’s latest Opus model for long-running agentic coding and knowledge work, with always-on adaptive thinking.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 22 Sept 2026
Context1MAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$5/$25 to $4/$20 per million input/output tokensCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusGAChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 3 receipts
Change signals
Model launchcontext signalpricing visibleAPI access
21 SeptConfirmed
xAI

Model launch

Grok 4.7

SpaceXAI’s new frontier model for coding, agentic tasks and knowledge work, with stronger long-horizon execution and self-verification.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 21 Sept 2026
Context500KAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokensCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusGAChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 3 receipts
Change signals
Model launchcontext signalpricing visibleAPI access
15 SeptConfirmed
Google DeepMind

Capability expansion

Gemini 3.8 Live

Google’s real-time Gemini model for low-latency multimodal conversation.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 15 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
15 SeptConfirmed
Google DeepMind

Capability expansion

Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

A Gemini 3.8 Live variant combining real-time interaction with extended reasoning.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecyclePreview
Since 15 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
10 SeptConfirmed
DeepSeek

Capability expansion

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

DeepSeek’s smaller V4.1 model with native visual understanding and a higher-throughput architecture.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 10 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
09 SeptConfirmed
Cohere

Weights opened

North Small Translate

An open-weight mixture-of-experts translation model covering more than 50 languages.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 09 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedopen weights
03 SeptConfirmed
OpenAI

Capability expansion

GPT-6 Astra

OpenAI’s flagship GPT-6 model for demanding coding, computer-use, research and professional workloads.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 03 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$10 / $50CheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
03 SeptConfirmed
Google DeepMind

Capability expansion

Lyria 3.5

Google DeepMind’s updated model for controllable music generation.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 03 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
02 SeptConfirmed
Google DeepMind

Capability expansion

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Google’s latest low-latency Gemini tier for high-volume multimodal and agentic workloads.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 02 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
02 SeptConfirmed
Google DeepMind

Capability expansion

Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber

A security-focused Gemini 3.8 Flash variant for authorized cyber defence and vulnerability workflows.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleLimited
Since 02 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccesstrackedWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelUnclearWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansion
01 SeptConfirmed
Anthropic

Capability expansion

Claude Fable 5.1

Anthropic’s updated Fable tier for sustained frontier coding and demanding knowledge work.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 01 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
01 SeptConfirmed
Anthropic

Capability expansion

Claude Mythos 5.1

Anthropic’s updated Mythos tier for frontier reasoning, coding and knowledge work.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 01 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityFirst-party sourceVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
06

August 2026

26 AugConfirmed
Z.ai

Weights opened

GLM-5.3-Flash

Z.ai’s efficient GLM-5.3 variant for strong coding and agentic performance with lower compute.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 26 Aug 2026
ContextunknownAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedopen weightsAPI access
21 AugConfirmed
DeepSeek

Capability expansion

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

DeepSeek’s experimental V4 Flash variant with visual understanding.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleResearch
Since 21 Aug 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
14 AugConfirmed
Z.ai

Weights opened

GLM-5.3

Z.ai’s open-weight flagship for complex coding, long-horizon agents and advanced cyber reasoning.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 14 Aug 2026
Context1M contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedcontext signalopen weightsAPI access
13 AugConfirmed
MiniMax

Weights opened

MiniMax Music 3.0

An open-weight model that composes, arranges, performs and produces complete songs.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 13 Aug 2026
ContextunknownAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedopen weights
13 AugConfirmed
Google DeepMind

Model launch

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Google’s latest Flash model is generally available in the Gemini API with improved multimodal and coding performance.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 13 Aug 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPricevisibleCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusGAChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsLinked
Source qualityFirst-party model cardStrong source · 2 receipts
Change signals
Model launchpricing visibleAPI access
12 AugNeeds review
xAI

Model launch

Grok 4.6

xAI’s latest Grok model release, announced by SpaceXAI on X as the successor to Grok 4.5.

ImpactNeeds review
LifecycleAnnounced
Announced 12 Aug 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckreview
Availability
StatusNeeds checkChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsPending
Source qualitySocial-only sourceSocial-first · 1 receipt
Change signals
Model launchAPI access
06

July 2026

31 JulConfirmed
MiniMax

Weights opened

MiniMax H3

A general-purpose multimodal model that understands text, images, video and audio and generates video with stereo sound.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 03 Aug 2026
ContextunknownAccesstrackedWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelUnclearWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementVerified source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedopen weights
21 JulInferred
Google DeepMind

Capability expansion

Gemini 3.6 Flash

Google’s newest Flash model, tuned for token-efficient coding, knowledge work and multimodal tasks.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 21 Jul 2026
Context1M contextAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityFirst-party model cardStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansioncontext signalAPI access
16 JulInferred
xAI

Developer capability

Grok 4.5

A fast frontier model built around coding, agentic execution and professional knowledge work.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 16 Jul 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $6 per 1MCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementFirst-party source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Developer capabilitypricing visibleAPI access
09 JulNeeds review
Meta

Capability expansion

Muse Spark 1.1

Meta’s multimodal reasoning model for agentic tasks, computer use, coding and rich media understanding.

ImpactNeeds review
LifecyclePreview
Since 09 Jul 2026
Context1M contextAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckreview
Availability
StatusNeeds checkChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityNeeds reviewEditorial review · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansioncontext signalAPI access
09 JulInferred
OpenAI

Capability expansion

GPT-5.6

A three-tier family: Sol for frontier work, Terra for balance and Luna for fast, efficient tasks.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 09 Jul 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementFirst-party source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionAPI access
08 JulNeeds review
Mistral AI

New interface

Robostral Navigate

An embodied navigation model that follows language instructions using a single ordinary RGB camera.

ImpactNeeds review
LifecycleResearch
Since 08 Jul 2026
ContextunknownAccessresearchWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckreview
Availability
StatusNeeds checkChannelResearchWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityNeeds reviewEditorial review · 1 receipt
Change signals
New interface
05

June 2026

30 JunInferred
Anthropic

Capability expansion

Claude Sonnet 5

Anthropic’s fifth-generation Sonnet model for autonomous agents, coding, tool use and knowledge work.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 30 Jun 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$2 / $10 introCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementFirst-party source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
16 JunInferred
Z.ai

Weights opened

GLM-5.2

An open flagship model designed to hold context and execute over long software-engineering horizons.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 16 Jun 2026
Context1M contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementFirst-party source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedcontext signalopen weights
09 JunInferred
Anthropic

Capability expansion

Claude Fable 5

Anthropic’s fifth-generation frontier model for sustained coding, science, vision and demanding knowledge work.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleGA
Since 09 Jun 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPrice$10 / $50 per 1MCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingKnownDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementFirst-party source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Capability expansionpricing visibleAPI access
09 JunInferred
Cohere

Weights opened

North Mini Code

Cohere’s first agentic coding model, built to run locally with a small active compute footprint.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 09 Jun 2026
Context256K contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelWeightsWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementFirst-party source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedcontext signalopen weights
01 JunInferred
MiniMax

Weights opened

MiniMax M3

A natively multimodal frontier model for coding and agents, built on MiniMax Sparse Attention.

ImpactMajor
LifecycleOpen weights
Since 01 Jun 2026
Context1M contextAccessopenWeightsopenPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsOpenPricingUnclearDocsSource
Source qualityLaunch announcementFirst-party source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Weights openedcontext signalopen weightsAPI access
01

April 2026

24 AprInferred
DeepSeek

Developer capability

DeepSeek-V4

A new API generation offered as V4-Pro and V4-Flash, with both thinking and non-thinking modes.

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 24 Apr 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckInferred
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt
Change signals
Developer capabilityAPI access