AI Model Launch Tracker

What we captured

OpenAI announced a limited API release of an Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol, powered by Cerebras and capable of up to 750 output tokens per second.

• • OpenAI is testing an Ultrafast mode for GPT-5.6 Sol.
• • The mode is available to a small group of customers through the OpenAI API.
• • The mode is powered by Cerebras and can produce up to 750 output tokens per second.

Source evidence

Confidence 94% / Completeness 87%

What we captured

Dealign.ai published Qwen3.8-27B-CRACK-GGUF, a 27B-parameter, safety-modified derivative of Qwen3.8-27B distributed as seven GGUF quantizations and a vision projector for local llama.cpp inference.

• • Repository named Qwen3.8-27B-CRACK-GGUF published and reproduced by dealign.ai
• • Described as a 27B-parameter derivative of Qwen3.8-27B with refusal behavior removed ("abliterated")
• • Repository metadata lists creation date as 2026-08-12
• • Distributed as seven GGUF quantizations (10.5 GB to 29.0 GB) and a 0.9 GB F16 vision projector
• • Recommended local build: 17.0 GB Q4_K_M quantization
• • Packaged for local multimodal inference with llama.cpp and provides OpenAI-compatible local server commands

Source evidence

Confidence 92% / Completeness 91%

What we captured

Nvidia announced Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B MoE, 3B active per token), released Aug. 11, with open weights under OpenMDW-1.1 and availability via Nvidia, Hugging Face, and ModelScope; paired with open-source NeMo Switchyard routing library.

• • Model: Nemotron 3.5 Lightning — 30B parameters, mixture-of-experts
• • Active parameters per token: 3B
• • Released Aug. 11 (article text)
• • Context window: up to 1,000,000 tokens
• • License: OpenMDW-1.1, open weights/training data/recipes
• • Availability: Nvidia, Hugging Face, ModelScope; NeMo Switchyard on GitHub

Source evidence

Confidence 95% / Completeness 95%

What we captured

Meta released the 30-billion-parameter multimodal Muse Glimmer model as open weights under Apache 2.0, with quantized configurations intended to run on 24 GB or 32 GB of memory and a 131,072-token context.

• • Meta announced the release on August 10, 2026.
• • The model has 30 billion parameters and is multimodal.
• • Meta says quantized configurations fit within 24 GB or 32 GB memory envelopes.
• • The release uses the Apache 2.0 license and supports a 131,072-token context.

Source evidence

Confidence 99% / Completeness 95%

What we captured

Moonshot introduced Kimi K3 on July 16, 2026 — an open-weights model described as 2.8 trillion parameters, multimodal, with up to a one-million-token context window; its license contains a commercial-use agreement requirement for high-revenue service providers.

• • Moonshot introduced Kimi K3 on July 16, 2026.
• • Kimi K3 described as 2.8 trillion parameters and native multimodal capabilities.
• • Kimi K3 supports a context window of up to 1,000,000 tokens.
• • Kimi K3 released with open weights published for public download.
• • Kimi K3 license clause: separate agreement required for model-as-a-service vendors with > $20M annual revenue.

Source evidence

Confidence 92% / Completeness 95%

What we captured

OpenAI announced GPT‑Live, a new generation of full‑duplex voice models (GPT‑Live‑1 and GPT‑Live‑1 mini) powering ChatGPT Voice, launched to ChatGPT users globally on July 8, 2026; OpenAI plans to bring the models to the API soon and at launch uses GPT‑5.5 in the background.

• • OpenAI announced GPT‑Live on July 8, 2026 as a new generation of voice models powering ChatGPT Voice.
• • GPT‑Live is built on a full‑duplex architecture and can listen and speak at the same time.
• • At launch GPT‑Live will use GPT‑5.5 in the background; OpenAI will update the background frontier model over time.
• • OpenAI is beginning to roll out GPT‑Live‑1 and GPT‑Live‑1 mini to ChatGPT users globally and plans to bring them to the API.
• • Update July 31, 2026: OpenAI added SynthID watermarking for supported audio, a public verification tool for provenance signals, and API access for verification.

Source evidence

Confidence 95% / Completeness 87%

What we captured

Anthropic publicly released Claude Fable 5 (a Mythos-class model) with topic-based safeguards; available via API and Enterprise with published per-million-token prices.

• • Article states Anthropic "publicly released Claude Fable 5, its first 'Mythos-class' model".
• • Fable 5 is publicly available while Mythos 5 remains restricted to a "small group of cyberdefenders" vetted through Project Glasswing.
• • Anthropic built topic-based safeguards in Fable 5 that funnel cybersecurity/biology/chemistry queries to Opus 4.8 and warn users; biology/chemistry classifier now applies to all such queries in Fable 5.
• • Anthropic says Fable 5 will be available to API and Enterprise users at $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens "starting today."
• • Subscription plans include access to Fable 5 through June 22, after which users must purchase "usage credits" to access the model.

Source evidence

Confidence 92% / Completeness 92%

What we captured

Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview on April 7, 2026; the system card reports a 1,000,000-token context window, pricing listed as $25/$125 per million tokens, and a restricted-access rollout.

• • Article: "Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview on April 7, 2026."
• • Article: "The system card reports ... a 1M-token context window."
• • Article: "Mythos is priced at $25/$125 per million tokens — 5x above Opus ..."
• • Article: "The restricted-access rollout is consistent with a deeper pattern ..."
• • Article: "Mythos is Anthropic’s newest frontier model, internally codenamed 'Capybara.'"

Source evidence

Confidence 90% / Completeness 96%

What we captured

OpenAI announced a new ChatGPT Images experience and the GPT Image 1.5 image-generation model, rolling out December 16, 2025 in ChatGPT and available in the API.

• • Article published December 16, 2025 announcing the release.
• • "Today, we’re releasing a new version of ChatGPT Images... The new Images model is rolling out today in ChatGPT for all users, and is available in the API as GPT Image 1.5."
• • ChatGPT Images "makes precise edits while keeping details intact, and generates images up to 4x faster."
• • "Image inputs and outputs are now 20% cheaper in GPT Image 1.5 as compared to GPT Image 1."
• • The new Images experience in ChatGPT is "rolling out today for most users, with Business and Enterprise access coming later."
• • GPT Image 1.5 "delivers all the same improvements as ChatGPT Images: it’s stronger at image preservation and editing than GPT Image 1."

Source evidence

Confidence 95% / Completeness 87%

What we captured

OpenAI announced GPT-5.2, a new model series for professional knowledge work, with rollout in ChatGPT for paid plans and immediate availability in the API.

• • OpenAI published 'Introducing GPT‑5.2' on December 11, 2025.
• • Article states: 'In ChatGPT, GPT‑5.2 Instant, Thinking, and Pro will begin rolling out today, starting with paid plans.'
• • Article states: 'In the API, they are available now to all developers.'
• • Article notes GPT‑5.2 achieves near-100% accuracy on the 4-needle MRCR variant out to 256k tokens.
• • Article defines '256k represents 256 * 1,024 = 262,144 tokens.'
• • OpenAI describes GPT‑5.2 as 'the most capable model series yet for professional knowledge work' and highlights improvements in spreadsheets, presentations, code, vision, long-context understanding, and tool use.

Source evidence

Confidence 95% / Completeness 91%